'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this will be most disastrous to Land-Rails' nests, which will be mown over and destroyed before the young are hatched. This result will probably cause a d
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