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.. brown, streaked with black, and also with long- 
ijnes of pure white, the feathers being centred \vith 
*aek on a brown olive ground, and edged with white; 
.*®se touclies of white are shorter near the shoulder of 
'* 'viiig, lengthening as they desoend ; wing, plain 
'Ve brown ; tertials, streaked with black and long lines 
''bite ; tail, pointed, dusky olive brown, centred 
black ; the four middle feathers bordered for half 
*'>■ length with lines of white; lower part ot the 
marked with semicircular lines of white on a 
JSht ash ground ; belly, u hite ; sides under the wings, 
olive^ barred with black, u hite, and reddish buft ; 
-®*'t, brownish bntf; legs, feet, and naked part of the 
?bs, yellowish green; exterior edge of the wing, 
te ; eyes, reddish hazel. 
U«tl I fll V> Itli >* lill.C, a , 
brownish butt'; legs, feet, and naked part of the 
^'gh - - - ■ • 1 - -c .1 
^te ; eyes, reddish hazel. 
-che females, and young of the first season, have the 
, J^oat white, the breast pale brown, and little or no 
*®ck on the head. The males may always be distin- 
"'*^hed by their ashy blue breasts and black throats. 
During- the greater part of the months of September 
"'I October the market of Philadelphia is abundantly 
'Applied with rail, u hich are sold from half a dollar to 
dollar a dozen. Soon after the 20th of October, at 
bich time onr first smart frosts generally take place, 
birds move ofi' to the sontli. In Virginia they 
remain until the first week in November, 
the above was written, 1 have received from 
j, J' Oeorge Ord of Philadelphi.a, some curious particulars 
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dve to this bird, which, as they arc new, and come 
-Ola a gentleman of respectability, well known for his 
g^^-^terify at rail shooting, are worthy of being recorded, 
d merit farther investigation. 
personal experience,” says Mr Ord, “ has made 
acquainted with a fact in the history of the rail, 
c^^ch perhaps is not generally known, and I shall, as 
in possible, communicate it to you. Soine time 
l-he autumn of the year 1809, as I was walking in a 
after a severe shower of rain, I perceived the teet 
^ bird projecting from a spout. I pulled it out, and 
