. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Virginia Rail young is betrayed by a mournful ki-i or by short phrases of creaking notes. If the young are in hiding, a low cluck of reassurance will bring them scurrying to find their mother. A hummock of grass or a patch of thickset cat-tails, whether in a fresh-. Taken in Washington Photo by the A ttlkor NEST AND EGGS OF VIRGINIA RAIL water or a brackish marsh, is usually selected as a nesting place. The water of the swamp may be only an inc
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Virginia Rail young is betrayed by a mournful ki-i or by short phrases of creaking notes. If the young are in hiding, a low cluck of reassurance will bring them scurrying to find their mother. A hummock of grass or a patch of thickset cat-tails, whether in a fresh-. Taken in Washington Photo by the A ttlkor NEST AND EGGS OF VIRGINIA RAIL water or a brackish marsh, is usually selected as a nesting place. The water of the swamp may be only an inch or so in depth or it may be a foot, but the bird breaks down the grasses until she has a reliable foundation a few inches above the water. On this she piles dead grasses or broken cat- tail leaves and hollows them out to some semblance of comfort. The bird is a close sitter and usually flies when first flushed. She is rather careful not to be caught a second time, however, and will glide off quietly and in- visibly if the visitor insists upon recurrent visits. If the eggs are handled in her absence, the owner is likely to destroy them upon her return; and Mr. J. H. Bowles has a set which he rescued nearly in time, with only one of its eggs pierced clear through by a thrust of the bird's long beak. The eggs, averaging fewer in number than the Sora's, may be cer- T539. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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