land rail
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How to use land rail in a sentence
The land rail is considered a delicate article of food, and has long been prized as such.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsNot a sound broke the silence except the rough cry of the land-rail from the fields and the clatter of Missy's feet.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood | George MacDonaldThe water-rail, and corncrake or land-rail, are also allied to the Gallinules.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodThrough the quiet air came the far-off rush of water, and the near cry of the land-rail.
The Portent and Other Stories | George MacDonaldIn general appearance they resembled the land-rail, but were larger, and quite as heavy on the wing.
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. | J Lort Stokes
British Dictionary definitions for land rail
another name for corncrake
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