. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ~mm THE VmciINIA lUIL. 473 ncHt iH lock r a, largi! UowimI. Tluiir jroaiuy- dy with obscure 3acli aro readily 0. Tl)« ry ;r> -a greater lid thoy lO entire the fol- it9 home a. Om., VII. )41i V. 673. in form, and lon(?itu'linal white; throHt 1 coverts â with r wing coverts lies of white; inches wi
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ~mm THE VmciINIA lUIL. 473 ncHt iH lock r a, largi! UowimI. Tluiir jroaiuy- dy with obscure 3acli aro readily 0. Tl)« ry ;r> -a greater lid thoy lO entire the fol- it9 home a. Om., VII. )41i V. 673. in form, and lon(?itu'linal white; throHt 1 coverts â with r wing coverts lies of white; inches wing, iistributed t. UuUke the prooodiiiR, it locates ItHolf in the tVcHh-wator nioad- owfl, whore, in a tuHBoik of ^vann or iu a pilo of drift- wcoti, it forms it^ wmt, ThiH ii nuth'iig Imt a pilo of woods or grass, wliich it arrangos in a compact niaimtn-, ond hollows to tho depth of porliaps an inch or an incli and a half. Tho eggs are from six to ton in niiinbor, usually alumt seven. Thoy aro ovoidal in form, and generally seem to ho like a miniature of those of tho Clapper Rail: some spcci- mons, collected in Cambridge, Mass., aro of a doo|)-l)nrt eolur; hut none approach tho color of tho Cnroliiia Rail sufTiciently to bo mistaken for tliom. They aro sputtod with small marks of reddish and brown, and with a few obscure 8{)()ts of lilac. Thoy vary in their dimensions from by .1)0 to by .90 inch. This species is undoubtedly more abundant in New England, particularly in its southern portions, than most per- Bons generally believe. It is of very retiring habits ; and as it selects the almost inaccessible meadows and boggy swamps for its summer homo, and, when approached, quickly retreats into tho farthest recesses, I am not surprised that it is in most cases overlooked. I have found it breeding in many localities in Massachusetts, and have no hesitation in call- ing it one of tho commonest of our Qrallatores. It feeds only during the twilight and in early dawn, and
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