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*234. Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



*235. Porzana Carolina Vieill. Carolina Rail; Sora. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



*236. Porzana noveboracensis Cass. Yellow Rail. Very rare 

 summer visitant. 



237. Porzana jamaicensis Cass. Black Rail. Very rare, per- 

 haps accidental, summer visitant. One instance only of its capture in 

 Massachusetts recorded (Clark's Isl., Plymouth Harbor, Aug., 18G9, 

 Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, Jan., 1877, 22). As yet only two 

 records of its capture in Connecticut (see Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 

 1877, 119). 



*238. Gallinula galeata Bon. Florida Gallinule. Rare sum- 

 mer visitant, doubtless occasionally breeding (see Allen, Am. Nat., 

 Ill, Feb., 1870, 639). Given by Merriam as a "rather common sum- 

 mer resident" of Connecticut (Rev. Birds Conn., 19). 



239. Porphyrio martinica Temm. Purple Gallinule. Acci- 

 dental. A recent record of its occurrence is Roekport, Apr. 12, 1875 

 (Whitman, Am. Nat.. IX, Oct., 1875, 674). More easterly recent rec- 

 ords are Calais, Me., Boardman, Am. Nat., Ill, 49S ; Halifax, January 

 30, 1870, Jones, Am. Nat., IV, 253). 



*240. Fulica americana Gmel. Coot. Rare summer resident; 

 more numerous in fall and spring. 



241. Cygnus americanus Sharpl. Whistling Swan. Given by 

 Dr. Brewer as "rare, migratory," in Massachusetts (Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., XVII, 1875, 447), but I can point to no recent record of 

 its actual capture. In early times (first half of the seventeenth cen- 

 tury and later) this species (and probably also the Trumpeter Swan, 

 C. buccinator) was common (see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, Sept., 1876, 

 58). According to Mr. Merriam, swans presumed to be C. americanus 

 have recently been taken in Connecticut (Rev. Birds Conn., 1S77, 120). 



242. Anser hyperboreus Pall. Snow Goose. Rare winter 

 visitant. 



243. Anser albifrons var. garnbeli Cones. White- fronted 

 Goose. Rare spring and fall migrant. Some years since I found 

 specimens in the Boston markets I had reason to believe were killed 

 in the state. Dr. Brewer says it was more common thirty and forty 

 years ago than now, as was the case with many of our other ducks 

 and geese (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, Apr., 1877, 46). 



244. Branta bernicla Scop. Brant Goose; Black Brant. Not 

 uncommon spring and autumn migrant. 



244a. Branta bernicla "var. nigricans" Cones. With the pre- 

 ceding. 



245. Branta canadensis Gray. Canada Goose. Common spring 

 and autumn visitant ; probably formerly a summer resident. 



