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I have found its nest in a corn field at some distance from water. 

 A slight hollow scratched in the ground, and loosely lined with 

 coarse grass, or whatever happens to be most convenient. The 

 eggs are almost invariably placed with the small ends together 

 in the middle of the nest, but I found a nest last summer in 

 which no regard was paid to this order. One had the large end 

 inwards, and the others lay sideways." (F. Egg Bk. Mus. F. 

 and H.-B., p. 161). 



The Geog. Range — " Entire temperate N. Am.^ Oregon; accidental 

 in Europe " (Baird). Mr R. Gray, formerly Secretary to this 

 Society, exhibited two Scotch-killed specimens of this bird at 

 meetings here. (F. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. G-las., Vol. i., p. 256, 

 and Vol. ii., p. 2.) 



553. liallus crepitans, Gm. — Clapper Eail. 



*' 9 eggs. A nest collected by myself on Cobbs island, Virginia, 

 30/5/71. Nest, a pile of grass slightly hollowed ; sometimes in 

 the marsh, and arched over with the growing grass, woven 

 together, and sometimes under grass, lodged in the sand, just at 

 the edge of the marsh. Eggs, from 6 to 11 ; from 7 to 1 is the 

 usual number." (F. Egg Bk. Mus. F. and H.-B., p. 190). 



The Geog. Range — " Middle and southern coasts of the States on 

 the Atlantic Ocean ; South America " (Baird). 



554. Rallus virginianus, Lin. — Virginia Rail. 



" 3 eggs, collected by Milo T. Crum, in Holyoke, Mass., 

 22/5/71. Mr Crum writes me that the nest was in a deep 

 swamp, in a tussock of grass, about 15 inches above the water, 

 built of dry grass, and contained 9 eggs, of which he sent me 3, 

 12/8/71. I have never seen a nest of this species." (F. Egg 

 Bk. Mus. F. and H.-B., p. 203). 



The Geog. Range — " The entire temperate regions of K Am. ; 

 New Mexico ; California ; Oregon " (Baird). 



642. Thalassidroma leachii, Temm. — Leach's Petrel. 



"4. 3 of these eggs, marked 12/6/72, were cojlected in 

 Eastern Green Island, Bay of Fundy, near Grand Manan, by J. 

 H. Batty of New York city, who went there last summer on a 

 collecting trip. The other, marked 25 / 6 / 72, was taken on 

 White Horse Island, also near Grand Manan, by the same person." 

 (F. Egg Bk. Mus. F. and H.-B., p. 232). 



