local Movements of Rails 
Small immature rails--a total of 57 repeat records were made of 
this size group and all of these were made at same location as original 
capture .. 
Medium immature--162 repeat records. 111 (about 69%) were made at 
points of original capture; 38 (23%) were made between 200 and 300 yards 
from point of original capture; and 13 (8%) were made from 1/) to h/5 
of a mile from point of original capture. 
Large immature--9 repeat records. 0 (82%) were made at locations 
of original capture; 7 (1%) were made between 200 and 300 yards from 
point of original capture; and 2 (4%) were made at greater distances 
(one 1/4 mile and the other 4/5 of a mile). 
Adults--17 repeat records. 1) (83%) were made at locations of 
original captures; and 3 (17%) were made between 200 and 300 yards from 
point of original capture. 
Banding 
There were many more Clapper Rails bandei on their northern breed- 
ing grounds in the summer of 1950 than ever before; and a number of these 
were recovered during the hunting season. The majority of the recoveries 
were reported by hunters in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, indicating 
that a large part of the northern reared birds supply shooting in those 
states. 
In the summer of 1951, 7)2 were banded at Chincoteague, Va., during 
the period July 18 to August 31, 1951. Of this nunber, 68 (roughly 11%) 
were adults and 67) (89%) were immatures. A total of 295 repeat, records 
were also obtained (189 individuals, repeating one or more times). Only 
one return was obtained from the 183 rails banded at Chincoteague last 
year. This bird banded as an immature on Aug. 1h, 1950 was recaptured 
as an adult on July 25, 1951. The total number of Clapper Rails banded 
in the Chincoteague area (including Modest Town) during the last 2 years 
is 940 (198 banded in 1950). Ten recoveries (5%) have been reported by 
hunters from the 198 banded last year. — 
Pleven rail traps were used this year (traps described in 1951 
Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference). These were 
visited once a day. The total number of captures of Clapper Rails was 
1,038 (7h2 banded, 295 repeats, and 1 return). The average catch varied 
considerably. The largest number of captures for one trap was 248 (about 
24% of total). The largest number of birds taken in one trap at one time 
was 17 (all nearly full grown). 
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