246 Trans. Acad. Sct. of St. Louis. 
COTURNICOPS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin). Yellow Rail. 
Rare migrant. 
On account of its very retiring habits this rail is seldom 
seen. Tindall took a specimen near Independence on April 14, 
1901. Dankers took one specimen at Corning on May 5, 1904, 
and two on October 15, 1916, in an alfalfa field. This October 
record is the only fall record for the State of Missouri. 
This bird is said to be a rare summer resident a few coun- 
ties north of here, but this statement has never been verified. 
[| CRECISCUS JAMAICENSIS (Gmelin). Black Rail.] 
Possible migrant and summer resident. 
There are no available records of the occurrence here of this 
elusive little skulker but there can be little doubt that it visits 
this vicinity regularly. It is included in this list to eall the at- 
tention of students to the possibility of establishing its presence 
here. 
Subfamily Gallinulinae. Gallinules. 
ICNORNIS MARTINICUS (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. 
Accidental. 
An immature Purple Gallinule was captured alive and in a 
starving condition in the east bottoms on December 30, 1915. 
The skin is now in the collection of Miss Jennie Clements of 
Inedependenee and is the only known record for this part of the 
country. There are but two other records for the State of Mis- 
souri. 
GALLINULA GALEATA (Lichtenstein). 
GALLINULA CHLOROPUS CACHINNANS Bangs. Proposed October, 
1916. Florida Gallinule. 
Not uncommon migrant and very rare summer resident. 
For some unknown reason this bird arrives here about two 
weeks or more earlier than at St. Louis. Widmann reports that 
it arrives there after the first of May, but it has been seen here 
during several years from the 13th to 25th of April. 
It was found nesting at Lake City by Tindall in 1904 and has 
been seen during the breeding season in Platte County in 1916 
and 1917. 
This bird was once very common and has only of recent years 
become rare. 
