1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 281 



lonornis martinica (218). Purple Gallinule. 



" South Atlantic and Gulf States, resident, north casually to 

 New England " (Key, 676). Capt. Crumb has one mounted 

 that came ashore on Cobb's Island during a storm in May '91, 

 and was captured in the light house yard (Letter to W. H. 

 Fisher). It has also been taken in York County, Pa. (Birds Pa., 

 P . 73). 



"One was seen in Centre market (Washington, D. C.) 

 on August 24, '89 by Geo. Marshall. I visited the market, 

 (Golden 7 s stand) to see about it. The man in charge remem- 

 bered the ' purple bird/ but thought it had been sold, he said it 

 came from 'down the Potomac somewhere '" (Richmond). 



Gallinula galeata (219). Florida Gallinule. 



Possibly a regular, though rare, migrant. At Stemmer's Run, 

 Baltimore Co., one was taken on May 8, ('89, Resler). At 

 Wasington, "on April 19, '92, Mr. Fred Zeller brought me a 

 Florida Gallinule; while the species has been taken here before, 

 this is the first specimen existing in collections. A few days 

 later, about the 22d, Mr. J. D. Figgins secured a specimen from 

 Frederick, Md., and on August 12, '92, Mr. Zeller brought me 

 a young male" (E. M. Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 92). 



" Regular transient, but not very common, most of the spec- 

 imens secured in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been taken 

 on the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. Occurs May 1-10, 

 and September 8 to October 20 " (Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 68). 



Fulica americana (221). American Coot. 



Common migrant, noted from March 14 ('93, Fisher), at Gun- 

 powder Marsh, to May 7 ( ? 93), when a bunch of 5 were on the 

 broad water of Chester River, and again from September 20 

 ('79, Resler), at Back River, to November 3 ('91, Resler), at 

 Patapsco Marsh. 



A number have been shot at Loch Raven (Dukehart). At 

 Hagerstown, on April 16, '83, there was a remarkable flight of 



