. . merged vegetation, swim as lightly asa Duck in passing across from one cover to another, and slipeasily through their covered ways, even in the night, for theyare abroad more or less at night as well as by day. The hesi-tating, heavy flight of this Rail would seem to make a longmigration difficult, if not impossible; nevertheless, long flightsare taken yearly to the south. Rails in migration appearto fly very low, and many are killed by flying against tele-graph wires. They cross large rivers and bays in their flights,which are m
. . merged vegetation, swim as lightly asa Duck in passing across from one cover to another, and slipeasily through their covered ways, even in the night, for theyare abroad more or less at night as well as by day. The hesi-tating, heavy flight of this Rail would seem to make a longmigration difficult, if not impossible; nevertheless, long flightsare taken yearly to the south. Rails in migration appearto fly very low, and many are killed by flying against tele-graph wires. They cross large rivers and bays in their flights,which are made under cover of night. This Rail feeds on beetles and other insects, and its foodalso includes caterpillars, earthworms, slugs, snails and suchsmall forms of animal life as it finds on fresh marshes, forit rarely appears on salt marshes. As autumn approaches,seeds of various kinds are added to the bill of fare. 210 GAME BIRDS. WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. SORA {Porzana Carolina).Common or local names: Rail-bird; Meadow Chicken; Chicken-bill; Carolina Rail. /n. Length. — 8 to 9 inches; bill .75. Adult. — Top of head and back of neck olive brown; a blackish stripethrough the center of crown; back, wings and tail olive brown, streakedwith black and a little white; sides of head and neck, line over eye,and breast ash gray; forehead, region about base of bill and a streakdown middle of throat and breast black; lower belly white; flanksbrown and grayish, barred with white and blackish; bill short, yellow. Young. — Similar, but no black about bill or on throat, which is whitish;breast washed with cinnamon; darker above than adult. Field Marks. — Nearly as large as Bob-white, but slimmer; short yellowbill distinguishes it from long-billed Virginia Rail. Notes. — Kuk or peep; song, ker-wee; and a high, rolling whinny (Chap-man). Ca-weep-eep, ca-weep-eep-eep-ip-ip-ip (Hatch). Also a varietyof other notes. Nest. — Of grasses, on ground in marshes. Eggs. — Eight to fifteen,
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