. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . reciscus jamaicensis. Black Rail. See No. 98. Throat, breast, and sides of the head, tawny brown, no white spotson primaries. Coturnicops noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. See No. 97. * GROUP 2. Wing, from to inches long. Back, black or fuscous, the feathers edged with brownish or grayisholive; under parts, cinnamon rufous, whitish on the throat; bill,slightly curved. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. See No. 95. Back, with more or less white streaks; breast, gray or tawny,according to age; lower belly, dull white. Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail o
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . reciscus jamaicensis. Black Rail. See No. 98. Throat, breast, and sides of the head, tawny brown, no white spotson primaries. Coturnicops noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. See No. 97. * GROUP 2. Wing, from to inches long. Back, black or fuscous, the feathers edged with brownish or grayisholive; under parts, cinnamon rufous, whitish on the throat; bill,slightly curved. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. See No. 95. Back, with more or less white streaks; breast, gray or tawny,according to age; lower belly, dull white. Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail or No. 96. * GROUP 3. Wing, over inches long. Breast tinged with rufous; feathers on back, dark olive, edgedwith gray; cheeks and ear coverts, pale cinnamon rufous, sometimesblackish in young birds; bill, over inches long. Found in freshwater marshes. Rallus elegans. King No. 94. ♦For directions for measurement, see page 21. , 1909 Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 89 Subfamily FULICIN^.
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