. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 209 crossed by narrow white semi-circles, the tuintis. shozv- inh color: iris, brown- ish-red. Downy YouNo: Black. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: On the .uruuiid in meadows: cunslruLtod of dry grass. : i) to lo. creamy-buff, spotted with tine rusty-lirown. Distribution.âChiefly eastern North America ; breeds from southern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and south- ern Ungava south to Minnesota and Maine: winters in the Gulf States, rarely in California. Illinois, and North Carolina: casual in Nevada, Utah, and The Yel
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 209 crossed by narrow white semi-circles, the tuintis. shozv- inh color: iris, brown- ish-red. Downy YouNo: Black. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: On the .uruuiid in meadows: cunslruLtod of dry grass. : i) to lo. creamy-buff, spotted with tine rusty-lirown. Distribution.âChiefly eastern North America ; breeds from southern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and south- ern Ungava south to Minnesota and Maine: winters in the Gulf States, rarely in California. Illinois, and North Carolina: casual in Nevada, Utah, and The Yellow Kail is seen rather rarely in Massa- chusetts. I ha\e met with it alive only once. It probably is more coninion in migration than is believed generally, as it is very small and its habits are secretive. It is e\en more reluctant than the other Rails to take wing; hence it is seen rarely, but is sometimes caught by and cats. When forced to take wing it flies in the same hesitating, fluttering manner as the other Rails, but rather swifter and sometimes to a consider- :il)le distance. It can swim and di\e well in case of necessity. Wayne states that in South Carolina he found it nearly impossil)le to flush these birds with a dog when their only cover was short dead grass. 1 lis dog caught nine and flushed but one. Fresh- water snails were found in their stomachs. EDW.\Kn Howe P^) in Gaiitc Birds, WUd-Foid and Shore Birds. BLACK RAIL Creciscus jamaicensis [Guiclin) .\. O, V. Number .â 16 .See Color 2b Other Names.â Little Black Rail : Black Crake. General Description.â Length, 6 inches. Upper parts, black harreil with white: head, throat, and chest, slate color. Forehead entirely feathered down to base of bill; bill short and stout. Color.â .-Xdults: Forehead and crown, dusky: hind- neck and fore-back, dark chestnut; rest of uf^tii-r parts. i/i't-/' I'l-n'ii.'iii.^-h-hlack. finely barred with white; head, neck, and breast, dark slate; abdomen and unde
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