American Museum of Natural History. 
CAROLINA RAIL (Porzana Carolina). Also called Sora. Length: Sy 2 inches. 
Range: Temperate North America. 
Extremely shy, rails are rarely seen except after painstaking search. In 
fall they become fat on wild rice, and are killed in great numbers by hunters. 
DEMOISELLE CRANE 
(Anthropoides virgo). 
Length: 2% feet. Range: 
Southern Eurasia to 
Africa. 
Smallest of all the 
cranes, the demoiselle, 
ornamented with white 
ear tufts, nests on the 
ground amidst young 
grain and grass. 
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