. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. KyTj WADING lUkDS. Hutchins. Wy the first week in November their cackhnj:; teases ; and as they seem to mij,'rate hither without delay, and with great expedition for a bird wi:h such short wings, it is probable they proceed at once to the swamps of the Southern States. This specifs is not as al)uiuhuU as either the \'irginia Rail or the Sora. Ijut it is not so rare as many writers have supposed. It is such a skulk
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. KyTj WADING lUkDS. Hutchins. Wy the first week in November their cackhnj:; teases ; and as they seem to mij,'rate hither without delay, and with great expedition for a bird wi:h such short wings, it is probable they proceed at once to the swamps of the Southern States. This specifs is not as al)uiuhuU as either the \'irginia Rail or the Sora. Ijut it is not so rare as many writers have supposed. It is such a skulker and hides so quickly that it generally escapes obser- vation even when close ;it hand. The bird is a summer resident of New England and the Maritime Provinces, and has been taken in i\\': Hudson Bay district. It is cpiite common in Ohio, and has been found nesting in Illinois. It winters in the Southern States. BLACK RATI. PORZAXA Char. Head, neck, and lower parts dark slate or duskv ; back rich brown, winjijs and tail brownish black, marked with white; belly and flanks barred with white. I.,cngth ab(Hit 5 inches. jVinf. In a wet meadow or reedy , hid amid the rank grass; a compactly made, deep cup of grass and weed stems. /-â ;:cf- >^-io; dull white or creamy, marked all over with fine spots of reddi>h brown; X This, the smallest of our Rails, was not mentioned l)y Nuttall, though it had been discovered long before his time, and was given by Audubon. It has always been considered a rare bird, being seldom found on the Atlantic coast, and only a few examples being seen north of New Jersey â in Connecticut and Massachusetts. In the western division of this Eastern Province it is more common, and goes somewhat farther north; a number of nests having been taken in northern Illinois. In habits this species does not differ materially from its congeners. Note. â The Spottkd Crake {Porsana porzana), an Old World species, occasionally visits G
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