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the last week of September, 1898, on the Canard river, X.S. (H. 

 F. Tufts.) A not uncommon summer visitor in Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 A common summer resident at Montreal, but more plentiful in the 

 autumn. (}Vintle.) Not an uncommon summer resident in Ontario, 

 and breeds from Ottawa to Lake Erie. 



Breeding Notes. — A nest of this species with seven eggs, partly 

 incubated, was taken at Kars, on the Rideau river, Ont., 9th July, 

 1890, by Messrs. W. and F. A. Saunders. 



On June 6th, 1903, I visited the marshes at Lake St. Francis, 

 near Summerton, Ont., and found the Florida gallinule nesting on a 

 shallow platform of dead rushes fastened to reed stalks and elevated 

 several inches above the water level; the nest contained eleven 

 fresh eggs. {Leivis M. Terrill.) 



A few years ago this was a common bird in many parts of Ontario 

 but is becoming scarcer every year — not by reason of hunters only, 

 but because of the draining and drying up of many of its former 

 haunts. It still breeds in the inland marshes between Kingston 

 and Brockville, and occasionally along the River St. Lawrence. 

 It constructs in the water a nest of last year's stems of bullrushes, 

 well surrounded by a growth of the same. Except in one case 

 I have been able to row in a boat to all the nests I have found. 

 The eggs are usually laid from the middle of Ma}^ onward, the largest 

 number I have found in one nest being eleven. They exactly re- 

 semble in size and colour the well known "moor-hen" of Britain, 

 as does the location of the nest. {Rev. C. J. Young.) This species 

 builds in the larger marshes only. I have found it, however, in the 

 marsh at Toronto. The nest is built like that of a rail, fastened 

 to the surrounding rushes, and usually high enough to escape the 

 moisture. Eggs six to ten. (IT. Saunders.) 



LXXXVI. FULICA LiNN^us. 1758. 

 220. European Coot. 



Fulica afra Linn. 1758. 



Accidental in Greenland. (A. 0. U. List.) Collected in South 

 Greenland, and now in the Copenhagen museum. {Winge.) 



