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 [101.1 Crex Crex (Ltnn.). Com Crake. 



Breeding Range — Northern parts of Eastern Hemisphere. 



Very rare straggler from Europe. 



One specimen was secured by Mr, Wm. Patterson at Salem, N. J., 

 in 185-, and another was obtained by Mr. John Krider near Bridge- 

 ton, N. J., June, I806. Both specimens are in the collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



102. lonovnis tnartinica (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. 



Breeding Range — Tropical and warm temperate America, east of the 

 Plains. 



Very rare straggler from the south. The following specimens 

 have been taken in southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey : 



League Island, Pbila., Sept., 1848, J. Krider (Turnbull). 

 Trenton, N. J., Nov. 2, 1864 (Abbott— Birds of N. J.). 

 Cape May, N. J., May, 1892, C. A. Voelker. 

 Tuckerton, N. J., Jillson Bros., several specimens (Rhoads). 



103. Gallinula galeata (Light.). Florida Gallinule. 



Breeding Range — New England and British America. 

 Winter Distribution — Tropical America. 



Regular transient but not very common. Most of the specimens 

 secured in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been taken on the 

 Delaware and Susquehanna rivers. Occurs May 1-10 and Septem- 

 ber 8-October 20. The following specimens have been secured 

 during recent years : 



Delaware River, September 17, 1881, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Delaware River, September, 1877, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Andalusia, Pa., September. 1893, Dr. Henry Tucker. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., May, 1888, flew into an open window (Stone). 

 Chester county, Pa., May 11, 1879, Dr. B. H. Warren (Warren's Report). 

 Chester, Del. Co., Pa., September 8, 1880, Dr. B. H. Warren ( Warren's Report). 

 Chester, Del. Co., Pa., September 15, 1880, Dr. B. H. Warren ( Warren's Report). 

 Philadelphia market, October 20, 1883, Dr. B. H. Warren ( Warre/i's Re- 

 port). 



104. FuUca inner icatia G.mel. Coot. 



Breeding Range — Northern U. S., northward. 



Winter Distribution — Southern U. S. to Central America and West 

 Indies. 



Transient but apparently not very common, though more plentiful 



