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 58 THE CONDOR VoL XVIII horizon line like the ocean, blown over by the strong fresh wind from far away, it seemed rarely fitting that these great white birds should sall through their sunlit skies. And how they sail! A stirring sight was seen one day, a great wedge of Franklin Gulls like Canada Geese. flying high through the sky as if bent on sweeping over and beyond the prairies down to the southern seas. Washington, D.C., May 23, 1915. THE FARALLON RAILS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY By LAURENCE M. HUEY %VITH FOUR PHOTOS BY LAURENCE M. HUEY AND DONALD R. DICKEY URING the past seven years considerable attention and study have been directed toward the home life of the Farallon Rail (Creciscus coturni- culus), and in many cases the results have proved quite interesting. I have felt, however, that, although nest and egg descriptions have been given by other collectors, the following dates and nesting notes might add materially to what is already known. I have spent hours and even days on the Rail marshes at all times of the year, and find that even as early as February, on clear mornings, the clee-cle clee'-ee (accent falling on first syllable of last word) may be heard in many places on the marsh. This is particularly true when one has walked about the Fig. 23. NEST AND EGGS OF T}IE iARALLON RAIL: THE PRIZE, IIII)DEN AVAY IN A DENSE AL1CORNIA CLU IIP