Porzana Carolina. 
Concord, 
i 
1898. 
Oct. 6. 
i 
Oct .19 
Oct. 20. 
Mass. 
Last autumn at about this time a Carolina Rail spent two 
days in the narrow fringe of bushes on the river bank nearly 
in front of the cabin. Gilbert saw one there yesterday and 
he and I saw what was doubtless the same bird this afternoon. 
We drove it into the end of the thicket which we trampled over 
for several minutes without flushing it. Finally we saw it 
swimming out into the river through the pickerel weeds. After 
swimming several rods over deep water it rose and flew to the 
shore near the upper landing. I have an idea that it was the 
same bird that was here last year. 
On the .morning of the 17th at about 8 o'clock the day 
being clear and still at the time a Carolina Rail called kur-. 
wee thrice in succession in the meadow opposite the cabin and 
at evening just after sunset I heard the kur -wee again once or 
twice and the ordinary autumnal call ( key ) several times in 
three different directions. 
At evening a Carolina Rail called at intervals for ten 
minutes or more in the meadow opposite the cabin. It gave 
the kep note only. I was struck by the resemblance of this 
call to the peep of Pickering's Hyla - the spring peep I mean. 
The Rail's note was a little less mellow, much less shrill, 
and given more slowly. 
