. The Oölogist: for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Only Known Whopping Cranes in Confinement, the Propertyof K. C. Beck & Co., Hutchison, Kansas. THE OOLOGIST 59. Close Up View of a Whooping Crane Objecting to Being Photo-graphed in the Park of K. C. Beck & Co., Hutchison, Kansas 60 THE OOLOGIST SOME NOTES ON THE LIGHT-FOOTED RAIL (Rallus levipes. A. 0. U. No. )The above species is one of the fastdisappearing birds of California. Al-ways a very locally distributedspecies. It is, or rather was confinedto the very few tidal marshes and la-goons of Southern California. The bird
. The Oölogist: for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Only Known Whopping Cranes in Confinement, the Propertyof K. C. Beck & Co., Hutchison, Kansas. THE OOLOGIST 59. Close Up View of a Whooping Crane Objecting to Being Photo-graphed in the Park of K. C. Beck & Co., Hutchison, Kansas 60 THE OOLOGIST SOME NOTES ON THE LIGHT-FOOTED RAIL (Rallus levipes. A. 0. U. No. )The above species is one of the fastdisappearing birds of California. Al-ways a very locally distributedspecies. It is, or rather was confinedto the very few tidal marshes and la-goons of Southern California. The birdapproximates in habits the easternClapper Rail, but unlike its easternrelative never to my own knowledge,nests in tall grass, as we very oftenfound the Clapper Rail doing. Thesalicornia or pickle weed seems tobe essentia! to the Light-footed Railfor a place to build its home. I Liav.^.fcund its nest within two feet of thetidal marsh, to a good half mile away,but the later nest which was situatedin the center of a very large tract ^.rdry marsh, occupied a place under theonly clump of salicornia within sighi. A favorite place for the nest is ai-der a thick growing clu
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