North American fauna . NUMBER 67 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Walter J. Hickel, Secretary Leslie L. Glasgow, Assistant Secretary forFish and Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources FISH AND WILDLIFE SEKVICE Charles H. Meacham, Commissioner BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE John S. Gottschalk, Director. North American Fauna, Number 67 Published by Bureau of /Sport Fisheries and Wildlife May 1969 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1969 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing OfficeWashington, 20402 - Price 60 cents Contents Page Introduc


North American fauna . NUMBER 67 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Walter J. Hickel, Secretary Leslie L. Glasgow, Assistant Secretary forFish and Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources FISH AND WILDLIFE SEKVICE Charles H. Meacham, Commissioner BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE John S. Gottschalk, Director. North American Fauna, Number 67 Published by Bureau of /Sport Fisheries and Wildlife May 1969 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1969 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing OfficeWashington, 20402 - Price 60 cents Contents Page Introduction 1 History and Systematic Position 4 History 4 Systematic position 6 Relationship to the Clapper Rail 6 Distribution and Migration 10 Distribution 10 Migration 12 Local movements 14 Ecological Relations 16 Louisiana gulf coast marshes 16 The delta marsh 16 The subdelta marsh 17 The prairie marshes 18 Southern ricefields 20 Florida 25 South Carolina Low Country 27 Savannah National Wildlife Refuge 29 Upper Savannah River Valley 32 Chesapeake Bay Country 32 Tidewater Virginia 32 Virginia Eastern Shore 34 Maryland Eastern Shore 35 Inner Coastal Plain of Maryland 38 Delaware Bay, Del 39 Great Lakes region 41 North-central prairie marshes 42 Northern Great Plains 42 Description 43 Size 43 Adult plumage 43 Legsnorthamericanfau67unit


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