. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. VIRGINIA RAIL. RED-BREASTED RAIL. LESSER CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus VIRGINIANUS. Char, General coloration rufous. Above, tawny olive striped with dusky; wing-coverts rich bay; crown dusky ; below, light reddish brown, paler on the belly. Length about tYz inches. Nest. On the ground amid a tuft of grass on the marshy margin of a lake or stream, some
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. VIRGINIA RAIL. RED-BREASTED RAIL. LESSER CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus VIRGINIANUS. Char, General coloration rufous. Above, tawny olive striped with dusky; wing-coverts rich bay; crown dusky ; below, light reddish brown, paler on the belly. Length about tYz inches. Nest. On the ground amid a tuft of grass on the marshy margin of a lake or stream, sometimes in a salt marsh, usually placed close to the water's edge, — a deep, saucer-shaped affair of reed-stalks and grass, and rather compactly built. Eggs. 6-12 (usually 8); pale cream or reddish buff, spotted with brown and lavender; X The Virginian or Lesser Clapper Rail, scarcely r^istinguish- able from the preceding but by its inferior size, likewise a. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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