CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 143 
MclIlwraith records the capturing of one individual at Pickering, 
Ont., in April, 1892. 
The above are all the records we have of this species. 
LXXIX. GALLINULA Brisson. 1760. 
219. Florida Gallinule. 
Gallinula galeata (LICHT.) BOoNnap. 1832. 
A rare casual in New Brunswick. One shot at Dick’s Lake, 
September, 1879. (Chamberlain.) A not uncommon summer visi- 
torin Quebec. (Dionne.) A commonsummer resident at Montreal, 
but more plentiful in the autumn. (W2ndle.) Not an uncommon 
summer resident in Ontario, and breeds from Ottawa to Lake 
Erie. 
BREEDING Notes.—A nest of this species with seven eggs, 
partly incubated, was taken at Kars, on the Rideau River, Ont., 
oth July, 1890, by Messrs. W. and F. A. Saunders. 
A few years ago this was a common bird in many parts of 
Ontario but is becoming scarcer every year—not by reason of 
hunters only, but because of the draining and drying up of many 
of its former haunts. It still breeds in the inland marshes 
between Kingston and Brockville, and occasionally along the 
River St. Lawrence. It constructs in the water a nest of last 
year's stems of bullrushes, well surrounded by a growth of the 
same. Except in one case I have been able to row in a boat to 
all the nests I have found. The eggs are usually laid from the 
middle of May onward, the largest number I have found in one 
nest being eleven. They exactly resemble in size and colour the 
well known ‘‘Moor-hen” of Britain, as does the location of the 
nest. (Rev. C. J. Young.) This species builds in the larger marshes 
only. I have found it, however, in the marsh at Toronto. The 
nest is built like that of a Rail, fastened to the surrounding 
rushes, and usually high enough to escape the moisture. Eggs 
six to ten. (W. Saunders.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One specimen taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. Two 
sets of eggs, one taken by Rev. C.J. Young, on May 27th, 1892. 
