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^ roved "to the tiiir d island vhers there was an 0 j_cl J*opane s e camp cuid i.iY6o vi^uuGu 
it. I collected a rat or two. 
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id a land rail seen on the large island this 
evening. 
...waded the channel to the large island an entered the brush on tae 
p-pOSxte bank. We walked slowly and cautiously through small openings that 
led between dense thickets. There was much dead stuif banked up on all oj.a^s 
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of the gnarled logs being 12 or l4 inches through. Land rail near center 
of the island . 
At short intervals I paused to squeak watching closely on all sides. 
After fifteen minutes when well in toward the center of the island my eye caugh 
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a slight movement at one side and an Instant later I saw the trim form of a land 
rail somewhat larger the a Virginia Rail. Three were taken here aobut one small 
opening in the space of two or three minutes and in all I took eight during the 
morning. The birds were alert and inquisitive and came walking out with head 
and neck erect and jerking tails. Though not averse to crossing open spaces they 
walked ordinarily under cover apparently through a desire to keep out of the intense 
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rays of the sun. Often while sitting down one came within three or four feet of 
me peering curiously with outstretched neck and jerking tail while it uttered 
a low cluck. They took care to keep well out of reach though I did knock one 
over with a slight switch. The birds are now in breeding condition and Bryan 
noted a pair in copulation today. .. light brown band faintly indicate^ across 
the breast _s reminiscent of Kypotaeindia (sp?) . The keel (?) of the sternum is 
very low and the breast muscles slight. 
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Sooty ‘Tern colony on Peale is. I have found no extensive bird 
colonies today. 1'oddies and Kegalopterus are scattered through the trees 
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