. Oiseau-vie: Guide de l'étude de nos oiseaux communs. Nion Rail, Clapper caution qui est plus commune, et le Clap-Eaius épiterans. Per Rail ou Marsh Hen, une espèce ablesantplate VIII dans certains des marais salants le long de nos côtes de long Island vers le sud. C'est un oiseau d'anisy avec un appel de cackling particulier qu'il uttersin une manière qui suggère le son produit par certains jouets auto-matiques. Son nid est fait de graminées séchées, l'herbe de la renoundingmarsh étant légèrement arquée dessus. Huit boufÉy totwelve, des oeufs mouchetés sont pondus, un nombre qui, en relation avec l'abondance de l'oiseau, a mené toth
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. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . nia Rail, Clapper Bail which is more common, and the Clap-Eaiius erepitans. per Rail Or Marsh Hen, an abundantPlate VIII. species in some of the salt marshes along our coasts from Long Island southward. It is anoisy bird with a peculiar cackling call which it uttersin a way that suggests the sound produced by some auto-matic toys. Its nest is made of dried grasses, the surroundingmarsh grass being slightly arched over it. Eight totwelve bufEy, speckled eggs are laid, a number which, in connection with the abundance of the bird, has led tothe persistent robbing of its nests by men who sell theeggs for food. As a result of this practice the birdshave greatly decreased in numbers during recent years. The Coot, Mud-hen, or Crow-duck differs from theRails in having lobed toes (see Fig. 12) and in beingAmerican Coot, ^^^^ aquatic. In fact, it is more likeFuUca americana. a Duck in habits than like a Rail, butPlate VIII. -^g pointed, white-tipped bill will pre- vent its being mistaken for one.. Flate XXX. Page 122. KINGBIRD. Length, 8-50 inches. Upper parts grayish black; tip of tail and underparts white; an orange-red crown-patch. Young, similar, but withoutorange-red in crown. WOODCOCK. 95 It rarely breeds on the Atlantic coast, but is some-times common on our marsh-bordered streams in thefall. SHOB.E BIBDS. (OBDEB LIMICOIiaE.) Snipes and Sandpipers. (Family Soolopacid^.) The successful pursuit of shore birds on our coastsrequires a special knowledge of their notes and habits.Thirty of the one hundred known species visit us annu-ally, but of this number only two or three nest, most ofthe others migrating in May to their breeding grounds inthe far North. The return migration takes place duringJuly, August, and September, but with some exceptionsthese birds are seen only by those who hunt them sys-tematically with decoys. Only these exceptions and our summer resident species will be mentioned here. Commonest among the l
