Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is
called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook
runner}. The best known American species are the
clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris},
var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R.
elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the
lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus});
and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}).
See {Sora}.
{Land rail} (Zo["o]l.), the corncrake.