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June 29tl), as I was wading in a thick marsh 
endeavoring to get a shot at a Bittern, I heard 
several shrill screams directly in front of me, and 
a bird about as large as a month old chicken ap- 
peared in a small open space in front of me and 
then vanished. A short time after another ap- 
peared and I shot it, and on picking it up I found 
I had shot a female Virginia Kail, a bird new to 
this locality. — II. L. Clark. 
O.& o. XI. July. 1888. p, 98 
Birds of Bristol County , Mass. 
F. W. Andros. 
I Ballus virginianus Linn., Virginia Rail. 
( Summer resident, common. Breeds. 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.lo8 
South Framingham, Mass., May 17, Virginia Rail 
and ten eggs taken. Incubation, four to six days. Lo- 
cality, east side Milford Branch R.R. south of Fram- 
ingham. F. E. Coombs. 
O; ftO s ’S.V, lone. 1890 , . 
V irgin ia Rail, $?, shot in Worcester, Jan. 1, 
18111. Uatfch plump and in good condition. C. 
K. Reed. 
XVX, Jan, 1891, p*16 
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Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. - One in Stockbr'idge 
Auk XII. Jan, 1896 p, 88 
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