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FAMILIAR WILD BIRBS. 



or wounded, the Water Rail will frequently try to conceal 

 itself in a hole by the water's brink, or will lie close and 

 motionless under the bank until its pursuer either finds it, 

 or, as very frequently happens, is compelled to abandon the 

 search. 



According to some authorities this bird is an acquisi- 

 tion to the table, and the eggs are said to be of very 

 delicate flavourJ % 



