. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. RALLID^. S15. THE WATER-RAIL. Rallus aquAticus, Linnaeus. The Water-Rail may be considered a resident in most of the marshy districts of England ; but there is evidence that a consider- able number of the birds which have been bred in this country move southward in autumn, their place being taken by emigrants from the north. In the vicinity of the Norfolk ' Broads ' it is some- what abundant, notwithstanding a large and regrettable traffic in its eggs. In Scotland it is found, chiefly during the cold season, in suitable localities on the mainlan
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. RALLID^. S15. THE WATER-RAIL. Rallus aquAticus, Linnaeus. The Water-Rail may be considered a resident in most of the marshy districts of England ; but there is evidence that a consider- able number of the birds which have been bred in this country move southward in autumn, their place being taken by emigrants from the north. In the vicinity of the Norfolk ' Broads ' it is some- what abundant, notwithstanding a large and regrettable traffic in its eggs. In Scotland it is found, chiefly during the cold season, in suitable localities on the mainland and also on the outlying islands ; it even passes the winter in the Shetlands, where Saxby noticed that, when the frost set in, it would visit enclosed places, such as corn- yards, though he never discovered any grain in the stomachs of the specimens obtained. In Ireland the Water-Rail is resident, though more frequently remarked in winter, when the herbage, v;hich at other times conceals it, is scanty. This species is only recorded as an autumn-visitor to the Faeroes, but a few remain all the year in Iceland; and on October 15th 1882 an example was obtained as far north as the island of Jan Mayen. In Norway it has been found up to Ranenfjord (close to the Arctic circle), and near Bergen it is to some extent stationary ; but in Sweden, except the south-west, it is only a summer-visitor, and it is rare in the Baltic Provinces of Russia, though observed as far north as St. Petersburg. In Northern Germany, Denmark and even. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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