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Plover, Upland (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu PpU8 Adult Alighting in Tree-top. Gencseo. (June 1913) 



Bailey 



A tide-water bird but a regular fall migrant in central New 

 York. This picture and Nu PpU4 indicate that the bird some- 

 times nests in central New York in June. It is the only sand- 

 piper that regularly alights on trees or on telephone poles. 



Nu PpU2 Nest with Four Eggs in Grass. Genesee. (1912) Bailey 



The grass has been parted to show the eggs. The eggs are 

 very large for the size of the bird. The nest is of the simplest 

 character. Why? 



Nu PpU4 Four Young- Birds in the Grass. Gencseo. (June 11, 

 1915) Bailey 



These birds leave the nest as soon as hatched and wander 

 about, following the adults. They are very protectively colored. 



Rail, Clapper {Rallus crepitans crepitans) 



This rail belongs to the Atlantic seaboard. In the summer 

 it is a common resident of the salt marshes of New York going 

 up the Hudson as far as Ossining. This bird is known also as 

 the mud hen, a term often applied to the gallinule and the coot. 



13.5-16 



Nu RD2 Nest on Ground with Three Young Birds and Six Un-. 

 ' hatched Eggs 



The black downy covering is characteristic of all young rails. 



Rail, Virginia {Rallus virginianus) 



A bird of the swamps, more often heard than seen. In the 

 states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey it is hunted system- 

 atically. 



Nu RV Adult Moving over Broken-down Reeds, Approaching Nest. 

 Renwick swamp, near Ithaca. (lune 8, 1910) Allen 



Note the length of its toes and judge how it is able to walk 

 readily over muddy ground or floating vegetation. This game 



