. The American sportsman: . ^-. \ 280 LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. MEMORANDA. 1. Rails migrate regularly, as many other birds, and pass thobreeding season in the North and the winter in the Far South. 2. These migrations are invariably performed under cover ofnight, and hence tho mystery of their sudden appearance: theyare capable of long flights, and have frequently been caught farout at sea. 3. Like the reed-birds, they are very partial to the seeds of theZizania aquatica, and consequently frequent the river-shores wherethis plant flourishes in the greatest profusion. 4. Rails make their appe
. The American sportsman: . ^-. \ 280 LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. MEMORANDA. 1. Rails migrate regularly, as many other birds, and pass thobreeding season in the North and the winter in the Far South. 2. These migrations are invariably performed under cover ofnight, and hence tho mystery of their sudden appearance: theyare capable of long flights, and have frequently been caught farout at sea. 3. Like the reed-birds, they are very partial to the seeds of theZizania aquatica, and consequently frequent the river-shores wherethis plant flourishes in the greatest profusion. 4. Rails make their appearance in the Delaware and SchuylkillRivers early in August, and remain till the frost warns them toseek the sunny South. 5. Rails are easily killed; two pellets of small shot are quitesuflBcient to knock them down. When wounded, they swim andskulk with great skill. 6. The greatest number of rails as yet killed on any one tide isone nundred and
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