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Lincoln, Gresham, Beatrice, Ponca, Ewing, O’Neill, North Platte, 
Cherry county; breeding at Omaha, at Neligh, and in Holt county. 
. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmelin) YELLOW Ratt. 
Very rare. Bruner reports it once from Bellevue, and has seen 
it once, years ago, in the Omaha market. There is a specimen, taken 
at Norfolk, in the collection of L. Sessions of that place. 
. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmelin)—Buack RalIt. 
Rare. Aughey records two, taken in Richardson county, in Sep- 
tember, 1873, and Bruner reports it from West Point, and in the 
Omaha market. It may breed. 
. Ionornis martinica (Linnaeus) PURPLE GALLINULE. 
Only recorded once from Nebraska, a specimen being seen by 
Bruner, at West Point, in June or July of 1884 or 1885. It was dur- 
ing high water; and the bird, seen about a rush-grown, cut-off lake,- 
was approached to within twenty yards or less. 
. *Gallinula galatea (Lichtenstein) FLORIDA GALLINULE. 
Quite a common but locally distributed summer resident in south- 
eastern Nebraska, rare in sand-hill region. Omaha, Dunbar, Beat- 
rice, North Platte, Cherry county. Reported as a common breeder 
at Omaha, as breeding at North Platte, and breeding on the one occa- 
sion on which it was noted from Cherry county, by Wolcott. 
. *Fulica americana Gmelin—Coor. 
An abundant migrant, and in the lakes of the sand-hill region an 
abundant resident; also common as a resident everywhere in the state 
where réedy“sloughs and ponds are found. Arrives during the first 
half of April and departs in October. 
ORDER VIL. LIMICOL A “Geonmbiand 
A. Toes with lobed webs on the sides; tarsus much Seer Wag RAS 
Sarees 
A. es oo fonedk on meke aiden: erate her Sapecatle Somipeeeseaee aes, G! 6.9) 
B. Tarsus more than twice as long as middle toe and claw. 
Sith: Pieecneraeciridest 
B. Pareas Teas, thane uae as fihereas as chides ioe pel claw. iS) 
C. Front of tarsus covered with a continuous row of Pee tae ARS 
sided seales. 0205) wiv Sb gales oe ee (EB) 
C. Front of tarsus covered with small six-sided irregular scales......... (D) 
D. -Bill shorter than tarsus, 222.4, sa eee eee Charadriide. 
D. Bil longer'than tarsus... ee ee ee Hezmatopodidae. 
E. Bill slender, with a bluntly rounded tip.................5 Scolopacide. 
E. Bill stout, with a pointed wedge-shaped tip.................Aphrizide. 
Famity PHALAROPODIDZ—PuHaLaropEs 
1. Larger; bill over 1} inches long. . . fs .. Wilson Phalarope. 
- Smaller; bill under 1 inch long...) tas ess ee (2) 
