agelaius

Updated: May 14, 2025

I suggest the question to those whose business it is to be learned in such matters. Mr. Ridgway, in his Manual of North American Birds , had already described a subspecies of Florida redwings under the name of Agelaius phoeniceus bryanti. The tall grass about the borders of the island was alive with clapper rails.

Bradford Torrey - A Florida Sketch-Book