land rail

Historical Examples of land rail

• The water-rail, and corncrake or land-rail, are also allied to the Gallinules.

  Bible Animals;

  J. G. Wood

• The wings are made of land-rail wing, and a little brown mallard, mixed nicely together.

  Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c.

  William Blacker

• Buffon, however, takes it with the land-rail; Gould and Yarrell put it between the little crake and water-hen.

  Love's Meinie

  John Ruskin

• In 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

• Through the quiet air came the far-off rush of water, and the near cry of the land-rail.

  The Portent and Other Stories

  George MacDonald