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March!', 1877: none an-ived lip to March 8, 1879— "Buckeye." 

 xii., 8, 146— Arrived at Blacksburg. Va., March 9, 1879 ; Iiave arrived 

 between March 5 to 8, for the past six years, iiud all have passed 

 North by April 5 — M. G. E.(lzey). xii., 9, IGo^Several instances of 

 their breeding at Chatham, N. J.; no donV)t wounded birds — Harold 

 Herrick. xii., 10, 188— One seen March 2, 1879, at Salem, Mass.— R. 

 L. Newcomb. xii., 11, 216 — One shot April 10 at Salem, Mass. — II. 

 L. Newcomb. xii., 11, 216— Two shot April 8, 1879, at Hartford, 

 Conn. — W. M. H. xii., 11, 216 — Very few 4iave yet arrived at 

 Clinton, Conn — S. xii., 11, 216— Small numbers at Redbank, N. J., 

 April 8 1879— "Wild." xii., 11, 216— Snipe shooting is about over 

 atNa.shville, Tenn., April 11, 1879— J. D. H. xii., 11, 216— Have 

 arrived in numbers at Carthage, 111., April 7, 1879 — "Gav." xii., 15, 

 294— Another flight at Quincy, 111., May 8, 1879 ; females are full of 

 eggs — A. B. B. xii., 20, 385 — Rare in Southern Wyoming ; one taken 

 May 5, and another May 19— S. W. Williston 



OaUinula g'alcata. Florida Gallinule. vii., 4, .^3 — Common summer resi- 

 dent in Central New York ; arrives in ^Lay, and departs in Sept. — H. 

 G. Fowler, vii., 14, 212 — Rare in the Middle States, though occasion- 

 ally taken — Editors, viii., 22, 361 — Very abundant in Michigan; 

 breeds on the marshes of the Saginaw River — "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), xii., 15, 285 — One taken in a muskrat trap, April 28, 1879, at 

 Ferrisburg, Vt. — R. E. Robinson, xii., 23, 444 — Specimen taken at 

 Carter's Station, 111. — "Perdix." xii., 26, 506 — One taken at Lake St. 

 Charles, near Quebec, Canada, June 2, 1879 — Chas. Hallock. 



Galliniile. Florida, See Gallinula galeata. 



Gallinnle. Purple, See Porphyrio martinica. 



Oal'us bankiva. v., 24, 872 — This is generally supposed to be the origin of 

 our domestic fowl, and has been found in a wild state in the Pelew 

 Islands, Northern Pacific. 



Gambel's Quail. See Lophortyx gambelli. 



Gambel's Sparrow. See Zonotriehia leucophrys gambeli. 



Gannet. See Sula bmsana. 



Geococcyx calif oniiamis. Chaparral Cock, iv., 19, 293 — Common at 

 Round Mt., Texas, lays one egg and commences to set, and while 

 setting lays four more — J. T. Beeks. iv., 25, 393 — Found at Gaines- 

 ville, Texas— 6. H. Ragsdale. 



Geothlypis Philadelphia. Mourning Warbler, vi., 14, 215 — One observed 

 at West Farms, N. Y.. May «, 1872— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., IS, 

 301— Rare at Cleveland, Ohio ; secured four in 1875 ; shot a pair this 

 year (1876), May 20 -H. Ernst, vi., 21, 338— Noticed at Springfield, 

 Mass., between May 25 and 31, 1876— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 24. 386— 

 One seen at Riverdale, N. Y., May 28, 1876 ; one seen May 22, 1875— E. 

 P. Bicknell. vii., 12, 180— Somewhat rare summer resident in Cen- 

 tral New York ; breeds ; Mr. T. F. Wilson found them breeding on 

 Howland's Island, Seneca River, June 27, 1876 ; arrives second week 

 in May, and departs in Sept. — H. G. Fowler, viii., 17, 261 — Found 

 in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 4, 66— Rare in Nova 

 Scotia — J. Matthew Jones, xii., 6, 106 — Rare near Minneapolis, 

 Minn., during the migrations; but in Carleton and St. Louis Counties 

 they breed; young just from the west taken there July 18, 1878 — 

 Thos. S. Roberts. 



Geothlypis macgilli^Tayi. Macgillivrav's Warbler, vii., 1, 4— Arrived at 

 ISTicasio, Cal., April 20, 1876; a few breed here by May 10— C. A. 



Allen. 



Geothlypis trichas. Maryland Yellow Throat, ii., 11, 162 — Rarely seen 

 in the marshy hammocks in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — 

 Fred A. Ober. iii., 13, 196— Found in Newfoundland in considera- 



