. Nature and sport in Britain . From a photograph by Major H. OF SANDPIPER. Plate XIV. BRITISH BIRDS IN SOUTH AFRICA be very rare in its occurrence. It winters certainly inNorth Africa, and there is no reason why individualsshould not occasionally migrate south of the crake, a handsome species, which occasion-ally breeds in Britain, is often plentiful in South Africain the more marshy parts of the country. It is verydifficult to flush, and thus escapes frequent observa-tion. The landrail, or corncrake, so familiar to ourfarmers in summer and to sportsmen in Septembe
. Nature and sport in Britain . From a photograph by Major H. OF SANDPIPER. Plate XIV. BRITISH BIRDS IN SOUTH AFRICA be very rare in its occurrence. It winters certainly inNorth Africa, and there is no reason why individualsshould not occasionally migrate south of the crake, a handsome species, which occasion-ally breeds in Britain, is often plentiful in South Africain the more marshy parts of the country. It is verydifficult to flush, and thus escapes frequent observa-tion. The landrail, or corncrake, so familiar to ourfarmers in summer and to sportsmen in September, iswell known in Natal, but rare in Cape Colony. Itspreference for Natal is easily accounted for : that colony,with its heavier rainfall and more abundant vegetation,affords a much more attractive feeding-ground than thedrier regions of Cape Colony. The British moorhen is well known in South Africa,where it breeds in February and March. Curiouslyenough, however, the number of eggs produced —usually from two to four—is les
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