Male, 93/4, 14.
Passes across the United States, both by the interior and along the coast. Some breed in New Jersey. Rarely seen east of Massachusetts. Extremely abundant in autumn on the Delaware, and other streams or lakes furnished with wild oats. A few reside in Florida and Louisiana in winter.
Rail, Rallus carolinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. p. 24.
Rallus carolinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 334.
Carolina Rail, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 208.
Sora Rail, Rallus carolinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 251; v. v. p. 572.
309. 2. Ortygometra Noveboracensis, Lath. Yellow-breasted Crake-Gallinule.—Yellow-breasted Rail.
Upper parts and sides brownish-black, longitudinally streaked with yellow, and transversely barred with white; a broad band of reddish-yellow over the eye; loral space and a short band behind the eye blackish-brown, fore part of neck and breast light reddish-yellow, each feather terminally margined with brown; axillaries, lower wing-coverts, and middle of abdomen, white; lower tail-coverts brownish-red, with faint whitish dots.
Male, 73/4, 121/4.
Common in Lower Louisiana and Florida, where it breeds. Stragglers go as far as Hudson's Bay. Occasionally met with far in the interior. Prefers fresh water.
Rallus noveboracensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 335.
Rallus noveboracensis, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 136.
Yellow-breasted Rail, Rallus noveboracensis, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 402.
Yellow-breasted Rail, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 402.
Yellow-breasted Rail, Rallus noveboracensis. Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 25.
310. 3. Ortygometra Jamaicensis, Briss. Least Crake-Gallinule.