. British birds with their nests and eggs . -,in fact, to be seen unless searched for with dogs, although Lord Lilford says thatin the west of Ireland he has more than once seen one or two of them running. o<2 JO QUJ cc UJ< a:CJ z a:OO UJ o<s D□uZ s DH D< The Corn-Crake. 37 about the liigh road, and noticed them perched on the tops of the stone favoiirite food of the Corn-Crake consists of small snails, to which they addslugs, worms, and insects. In dry seasons they take to the wet ditches andfrequent aqiiatic plants on the banks of the brooks. After the hay harvest theyr
. British birds with their nests and eggs . -,in fact, to be seen unless searched for with dogs, although Lord Lilford says thatin the west of Ireland he has more than once seen one or two of them running. o<2 JO QUJ cc UJ< a:CJ z a:OO UJ o<s D□uZ s DH D< The Corn-Crake. 37 about the liigh road, and noticed them perched on the tops of the stone favoiirite food of the Corn-Crake consists of small snails, to which they addslugs, worms, and insects. In dry seasons they take to the wet ditches andfrequent aqiiatic plants on the banks of the brooks. After the hay harvest theyresort to fields of standing com or preferably to clover. It has been frequentlynoted that they avoid the neighbourhood of fences, preferring the open pastures. In many districts the Land-Rails are exceedingly common in the early summer,when they first arrive after migration, but it is remarkable that very few areacquired in the shooting season, which is accounted for by the fact that a verylarge number of eggs are destroyed by the mowing machines, and also by thedifficulty of making the birds take wing out of the clover or standing barley whichis generally found in September. Lord Lilford says, a
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