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during the opening days of June,this Summer.I found nests of Wilson Snipe, 
BeW.Teal and Yellow Rail within forty feet of one another;with a pair of 
Nelson Sparrow trying to pre-empt a site amid them all.{I found nothing 
else,in North Dakota,save a single set of Mc Cown Longspursthe much-more- 
abundant ornatus had eggs all at hatching point:-June First).I learned 
much about the nesting of the Yellow Rail that I had failed to learn,in the 
tWo previous trips.I think I heard the male of the (possibly—-—but-—one-pair 
of) Black Rails that ‘habit the Coulee in question,during Summer.(I believe 
I sold you that I found one set of eggs,several years ago.These Were with- 
in the narrow confines of my Yellow Rail Colony). 
I nave not yet decided how I will exploit my Yellow Rail material.If the 
Auk felt like sparing the requisite finds for color-printing,I should prob- 
ably place the subject-matter at Dr.Alien's disposal.If I could be sure 

