Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Coast of Louisiana b R scottii)

Coast of Louisiana. 211b. R. 1. scottii (Senn.). FLORIDA CLAPPER RAIL.-Differs from crepitans in being black, fuscous, or olive-brown above, with olive-gray margins to the feathers; in having the neck and breast cinnamon-rufous washed with brownish, and in having the belly and flanks black instead of gray. In fact, the general color of scottii suggests a King Rail, but the latter may always be known by its rufous wing-coverts and clear cinnamon-rufous neck and breast. W., 5.50; Tar., 1.90; B., 2.40.

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