142 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
216. Black Rail. 
Porzana jamaicensts (GMEL.) BAIRD. 1845. 
The following notes from MclIlwraith’s zrds of Ontario include 
every authentic record of the occurence of this bird in Canada: 
“Dr. Cottle of Woodstock, Ont., claims to have found a bird of 
this species at Ingersoll in 1856, and from my knowledge of Dr. 
Cottle I am satisfied his identification is correct.” A Mr. Nash, 
who collected in the Dundas marsh in 1874, writes Mr. McIlwraith 
as follows in January 1894: 
“ Aug. 18th, 1874.—Shot four of these birds this evening at the 
upper end of Dundas marsh. My dogs put them up where the 
rushes had been mowed. This Is the first time I ever noted them 
here. After this date I saw several others about the same place, 
during this year (1874). I also shot a few Yellow Rails, and saw 
many.” 
Mr J. H. Fleming of Toronto doubts the occurrence of this 
bird in Ontario, 
LXXVII. CREX BEcHSTEIN. 1802. 
217. Corn Crake. 
Crex crex (LINN.) SHARPE. 1884. 
A rare casual in Greenland. One obtained at Godthaab and 
sent to the Museum of Copenhagen in 1851. (Arct. Man.) Taken 
in Greenland in 1887, 1892, 1893 and 1894. (Winge.) 
In Zhe Auk for January, 1899, Mr. James McKinley, of Pictou, 
Nova Scotia, records the shooting of a specimen of this species 
in a marsh near Pictou nearly twenty-five years ago. The speci- 
men remained unidentified until a recent visit paid to Pictou by 
Mr. Frank M. Chapman, who at once identified it. 
LXXVHI. IONORNIS Reicuensacu. 1852. 
218. Purple Gallinule. 
Tonornis martinca (LINN.) REICH. 1852. 
A very rare casualin Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. (Downs. 
Chamberlain.) 
