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18, 1900; Kansas, Onaga, October 26, 1899, and Lawrence, November 

 6, 1905; Minnesota, Elk River, October 1, 1915, Hutchinson, October 

 31,1914, Jackson, November 3, 1902, Minneapolis, November 6, 1906, 

 Lanesboro, November 10, 1892, La Crescent, November 12, 1896, and 

 Heron Lake, November 15,1914; Wisconsin, Shiocton, November 13, 

 1882, Milwaukee, November 15, 1914, Elk Horn, December 2, 1919, and 

 Madison, December 12,1915; Iowa, Gilbert Station, October 22, 1892, 

 Marshalltown, November 1, 1913, Sigourney, November 10, 1920, Em- 

 metsburg, November 18,1915, and Keokuk, November 18,1902; On- 

 tario, Todmorden, October 10. 1891, Toronto, October 14, 1898, Point 

 Pelee, October 15, 1906, Ottawa, October 27,1916, and Kingston, Oc- 

 tober 30, 1905; Michigan, Manchester, October 17, 1894, Manistee, Oc- 

 tober 20, 1904, Sault Ste. Marie, October 24, 1922, Ann Arbor, Octo- 

 ber 30, 1915, Hillsdale, November 3, 1894, Detroit, November 6, 1919, 

 and Vicksburg, December 5, 1909; Ohio, Lakeside, November 5, 1920, 

 BowUng Green, November 11, 1916, Scio, November 14, 1922, Youngs- 

 town, November 22, 1913, Oberlin, November 26, 1906, Canton, De- 

 cember 3, 1911, and Sandusky, December 15, 1910; Indiana, Indian- 

 apolis, October 16, 1915, Bicknell. October 27, 1914, New Harmony, Oc- 

 tober 27, 1902, and Lake Maxinkuckee, October 30, 1906; northern 

 Illinois, La Grange, October 21, 1916, Lake Forrest, November 6, 1906, 

 and Ilhnois River, November 14, 1912; Quebec, Montreal, October 

 24, 1892; Maine, Pittsfield, October 8, 1895, Portland, October 9, 1905, 

 Saccarappa, October 18, 1890, and Westbrook, October 24, 1904; New 

 Hampshire, Durham, October 10, 1897; Vermont, Rutland, October 

 10, 1916; Massachusetts, Lynn, October 23, 1912, Newtonville, No- 

 vember3, 1911, Jamaica Plain, November 30, 1900, andBoston, Decem- 

 ber 30,1909; Rhode Island, Newport, November 14,1871, and Point 

 Judith, November 30,1900; Connecticut, East Hartford, October 2, 

 1888, Meriden, October 25. 1915, and Portland, November 14, 1892; 

 New York, Consook Island, November 4, 1881, Orient Point, Novem- 

 ber 8, 1907, Great South Bay, November 17, 1905, Crugers Island, 

 November 19, 1921, Brooklyn, November 22, 1914, and Branchport, 

 November 23, 1906; New Jersey, Bernardsville, October 25, 1910, 

 Camden, October 29, 1915, Morristown, November 10, 1885, and 

 Pennsville, November 25, 1914; and Pennsylvania, Bridesburg, Octo- 

 ber 17, 1913, Berwyn, November 1, and Beaver, November 2, 1899, 

 State College, November 5, 1916, Armingo, November 11, 1912, Lake 

 Sheriden, November 21, 1911, and Erie, December 6, 1900. 



Casual records. — The coot has been reported as rare at Anticosti Is- 

 land and it has occurred once at Nain, Labrador, while there also is a 

 record from St. Johns, Nova Scotia, and one from Otter Brook, Sable 

 Bay, Quebec, March 12, 1914. Two have been reported from Green- 

 land, both in 1854, one from Godthaab and the other from Jacobs 

 Haven, near Disco: and Willett reports a specimen taken near Sitka, 



