. Unsere Vögel in ihren Haunts : eine beliebte Abhandlung über die Vögel des östlichen Nordamerika . ,eairk. Das Nest dieser Art ist elegant. Über dem Wasser in einem großen Büschel von Sumpf-Gras^ den Boden in das Wasser, die Spitze etwa acht Zoll darüber, und acht oder zehn Zoll im äußeren Durchmesser, das ganze ist ordentlich aus trockenem Gras gut eingefasst gelegt, Und anmutig geschützt und verborgen durch die herabhängenden Spitzen der hohen Sumpfgräser, an denen sich die Itis befestigte. Die Eier, zehn oder elf, etwa 1,62x1,20, sind rundlich, von einer reichen rosigen Sahne, sparsam und sehr deutlich gesichtet und mit Rotdis befleckt

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. Our birds in their haunts : a popular treatise on the birds of eastern North America . , eairk. The nest of this species is elegant. Placed over thewater in a large tuft of marsh-grass^ the bottom in thewater, the top some eight inches above it, and eight or teninches in external diameter, the whole is neatly laid of driedgrass well edged up, and gracefully sheltered and concealedby the drooping tops of the tall marsh-grasses to which itis fastened. The eggs, ten or eleven, some 1.62x1.20, are roundishovate, of a rich roseate cream, sparingly and very distinctlyspotted and specked with reddish-brown and lilac. Thenest is easily identified, as the bird sits closely. The eggsseem a little larger, brighter, and more ovate than those ofits marine congener, the Clapper Rail. This species is veryshy. Though one may hear its sharp notes almost con-stantly from its reedy coverts, it may require much patientwatching to get a good view of it. THE KING RAIL. 401 The King Rail, again, is very similar to the Clapper Rail{Jiallus crepitans, ox longirostris), simply a little larger and. THE CLAPPER SAIL. brighter, and more beautiful in color. The notorious noiseof the latter, so common to marshes of the Atlantic Statesto New York, is very much like that of the guinea-fowl, while its nidification is similar to that of the virginianus andelegans. The Clapper Rail is not only noticeably smallerthan the King Rail, but the upper parts have a more ashyand colder coloring, while the lower parts are duller andmore yellowish. How perfect is the law of adaptation in nature, and howwonderful are family traits. The natural world is not amedley, but a system, in which families and orders aregrouped in beautiful consistency of place, structure andhabit. Among the sedges and cat-tails of our marshes isthis strongly marked family of birds, the Rails; with wingsapparently too short and weak for extended flight, and yetperforming wonders in the time of migration; not only witha body proportioned an

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