a specimen has not heretofore been secured at this season. Mr. 

 Wayne saw eight or ten Jan. 13, 1911.^ 



Rallus elegans And. King Rail. — p.r. An albino of this 

 species taken on Bull's Bay, Feb. 28, 1911.^ 



Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Sora; Carolina Rail. — t.v. Latest 

 spring record: May 14, 1910 (R. Chamberlain). Earliest autumn 

 record: Aug. 14, 1910 (McDermid), when a specimen was picked 

 up on Sullivan's Island beach.^ A male in unworn plumage was 

 taken alive on Spring Street, Charleston, Oct. 26, 1911 (Hyer).* 



Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmel.). Yellow Rail. — w.v. 

 Latest record: Mar. 21, 1910 (Wayne), one specimen taken. 



Creciscus Jamaicensis (Gmel.). Little Black Rail. — s.r. 

 This species is so rare in this state that every record is of value. 

 Recorded (Weston) from Mt. Pleasant, May 28, 1908; Sept. 1, 

 1909; and Sept. 27, 1911. The specimen recorded on May 28 was 

 taken by a negro in an oat-field and is now in the collection of 

 Mr. A. T. Wayne. 



Gallinula galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. — p.r. Taken 

 on Cooper River, Jan. 3, 1909 (Sloan); two observed at Otranto, 

 Jan. 14, 1911 (Chisolm & Chamberlain). This species, abundant 

 in summer, has seldom been recorded in winter. 



Fulica americana Gmel. Coot. — p.r. This species was for- 

 merly considered a winter visitant, but additional records indicate 

 that it is a permanent resident, although no evidence of breeding 

 has yet been obtained. Records have been made as follows: 

 May 8, 1910 (Weston); May 14, 1910, specimen taken (Chisolm); 

 May 14, 1911 (Bragg); May 15, 1910 (Sass); May 20, 1911 

 (Chisolm) ; June 4, 1910 (Wayne); June 6, 1909 (Weston); July 7 

 and Aug. 31, 1908 (Sass). 



Phalaropus tricolor (Vieill.). Wilson's Phalarope. Rare. 

 The only specimen of this western species taken in this state or 

 anywhere on the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Argentina 

 was shot on Sullivan's Island, Sept. 7, 1910 (Chamberlain).^ 



'Record for this species in 1912 will be published in an early issue of the Bulletin. 



'Spec. No. 7239. ^Bull. Chas. Mus., VI, 1910, 51. 



«See note in this issue of the Bulletin. 'Bull. Chas. Mus., 51. Spec. No. 7094. 



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