. . ed in Cambridge in 1889. It was locally known as thekicker, and, according to Brewster, it commonly cried kik,Txik, kik, queeah; kik-kik-kik-ki-queeah; kik-ki-ki-ki, ki-queeah;kic-kic, klc-kic, kic-klc-ki-queeah. This does not agree with thenotes given by Wayne, who actually saw and took both themale and female Black Rail in South Carolina, and listenedto their cries for more than an hour. The notes given by H. Ames for the Yellow Rail rather closely resemble thosecredited to that ornithological mystery the kicker. As
. . ed in Cambridge in 1889. It was locally known as thekicker, and, according to Brewster, it commonly cried kik,Txik, kik, queeah; kik-kik-kik-ki-queeah; kik-ki-ki-ki, ki-queeah;kic-kic, klc-kic, kic-klc-ki-queeah. This does not agree with thenotes given by Wayne, who actually saw and took both themale and female Black Rail in South Carolina, and listenedto their cries for more than an hour. The notes given by H. Ames for the Yellow Rail rather closely resemble thosecredited to that ornithological mystery the kicker. As kept his Rail alive and saw it utter its notes, he cannotwell be mistaken. Wayne states that in South Carolina he found it nearlyimpossible to flush these birds with a dog when their onlycover was short dead grass. His dog caught nine and flushedbut one. Fresh-water snails were found in their stomachs. » Brewster, William: Auk, 1901, pp. 321-328. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 215 BLACK RAIL {Creciscus jamaicensis).Common or local name: Little Black Length. — About 5 inches. Adult. — Head, chin, throat, fore and side neck, and lower parts dark slateor dusky; head darkest on top and nape, where it meets the brown ofhind neck; back and hinder parts mainly rich brown; wings and tailbrownish black, marked with white; back, wings, belly, flanks, tailcoverts and tail barred with white. Field Marks. — Smallest of all Rails and very dark; must not be confoundedwith the young of other Rails, which also are small and black. Notes. — Probably kik-kik-kik; queeah, or kik-ki-ki-ki, ki, qiieeah, or vari-ants (Brewster). Chi-clii-cro-croo-croo several times repeated in a sharphigh tone, audible to a considerable distance (Marsh). Female, Croo-croo-croo-o repeated like the commencement of the song of the Yellow-bellied Cuckoo; male, Kik-kik-kik-kik or Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk (Wayne). Nest. — Of grasses, on ground in marsh. Eggs. — Six to ten, by .80, white speckled with ri
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