North American fauna . ens randomly collected from Taylors Gut, Del., an area of mixedKing and Clapper Rail populations Species and age Sex Collection date King Rail: Adult Male May 13,1961 Do Female - Apr. 15,1963 Do do Aug. 23,1963 Do .do _ May 29,1964 Do do July 30,1964 Subadult do >June 11,1960 Do do June 30,1960 Juvenile July 14,1964 Clapper Rail: Male June 11,1960 Do do June 25,1960 Do do June 29,1964 Do Female. May 13,1961 ..do Aug. 30,1963 Hybrid(?): Adult Male Aug. 23,1963 Do do Do. Do Female Aug. 30,1963 1 Paired and active nest found. 348-693 O—69- Distributi
North American fauna . ens randomly collected from Taylors Gut, Del., an area of mixedKing and Clapper Rail populations Species and age Sex Collection date King Rail: Adult Male May 13,1961 Do Female - Apr. 15,1963 Do do Aug. 23,1963 Do .do _ May 29,1964 Do do July 30,1964 Subadult do >June 11,1960 Do do June 30,1960 Juvenile July 14,1964 Clapper Rail: Male June 11,1960 Do do June 25,1960 Do do June 29,1964 Do Female. May 13,1961 ..do Aug. 30,1963 Hybrid(?): Adult Male Aug. 23,1963 Do do Do. Do Female Aug. 30,1963 1 Paired and active nest found. 348-693 O—69- Distribution and Migration DISTRIBUTION Unlike the Clapper Rail, which in the eastern United States ismainly restricted to a rather narrow band of salt marshes along theAtlantic and gulf coasts, the King Rail is found throughout the east-ern half of North America. In general, its breeding range extendsfrom the Gulf of Mexico to southern Canada and from the Atlanticcoast to about the 100th meridian in the Great Plains (fig. 3).. Scale in Miles 400 »QO jOO Figure 3.—Approximate breeding range and principal distribution of the KingRail in North America (black shaded area along Gulf and Atlantic Coasts andin Lower Mississippi Valley and peninsular Florida indicates main winteringrange). The boundaries of the breeding range as given in the AmericanOrnithologists Union Check-list (1957, p. 152) and supplementedby additional records, mostly from the distribution files of the Sectionof Migratory Non-Game Bird Studies, Migratory Bird PopulationsStation, Laurel, Md., and from Audubon Field Notes, are as follows:The northern boundary extends from southeastern North Dakota 10 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE KING RAIL 11 (western Dickey County), central Minnesota (Otter Tail and Hen-nepin Counties), southern Wisconsin (Jamesville, Madison, Racine),central Michigan (Saginaw Bay), southern Ontario (St. Clair Flatsto Toronto), and New York (Buffalo, Branchport, Ithaca, LongIsland), to Massachusetts. The wes
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