140 RECORDS VOLUME XH, ocr, 1920. 
Nassau, March 24, 1913. Heard one call- 
ing in the swamp at Waterloo. The notes 
were sharper than those of the Clapper Rail. 
Low Harobor, Rose Island, March 2, 1915. 
Heard one.in mangrove swamp; moon full. 
Ship Channel Key, March 3, 1915. Three 
times I have heard the cry of a Rail on dry 
land, but the scrub is so thick and the erod- 
ed rock so rough, that 1t would be only by 
the merest chance that one could be found. 
Heard Rails calling in night on East and 
West Keys. Went ashore early in morning 
on West Key. Saw an abundance of tracks 
in the mud of a partly dry fresh-water pool, 
but a Killdeer which was feeding there, rose 
with its usual outcry, thus warning the 
Rail so that it left the grass which borders 
the pool, and ran into the nearby thick 
scrub where rough rocks prevented me from 
following it. 
Heard Rails craking on top of ridge of 
eastern key. but the nearly impenetrable 
