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CLAPPER RAIL, 



other naturalists appear to have taken their descriptions from these 

 imperfect specimens, the Clapper Rail being altogether unknown 

 in Europe. 



I have never met with any of these birds in the interior at a 

 distance from lakes or rivers. I have also made diligent enquiry 

 for them along the shores of lakes Champlain and Ontario, but 

 without success. 



