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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
VIRGINIA RAIL 
You may put ou your boots and go with 
me to the marshes. We will wade in, 
making enough disturbance so that Vir¬ 
ginia Rail will know we have come and 
then we will stand very quietly here by 
this bunch of cattails. 
Photo bn D. E. Brown 
NEST OF VIRGINIA RAIL 
He is very shy but also very curious 
and soon he will come peeking out at us. 
Now you can see him, that slender brown¬ 
ish bird. Notice the black markings on 
