42 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "rare summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "seen at Fort Fairfleld" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "common" (Brock) ; Knox, "migrant" 

 (Rackliff ) ; Oxford, "not common summer resident at Norway" (Ver- 

 rill's Birds of Norway, in the Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Vol. 3, 

 p. 136 et seq.) ; Penobscot, "it has been reported to me as occurring, by 

 good authorities, but I cannot say from my own experience that it actually 

 does" (Knight) ; Somerset, "common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Wash- 

 ington, "abundant" (Boardman). 



Subgenus COTURNICOPS Bonaparte. 



90. (215). Porzana noveboracensis (GmeL). Yellow Rail. 



This is probably of rare occurrence throughout the state, 

 although up to the present it has only been recorded from near the 

 coast. Owing to the very secretive habits of this bird it might be 

 very common in a given locality and still not be observed. Mr. 

 Boardman has found its nest and eggs near Calais. 



County Records. Cumberland, "quite common" (Brock) ; Knox, "very 

 rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Washington, "rare, breeds" (Boardman). 



Genus CREX Bechstein. 



91. (217). Crex crex (Linn.). Corn Crake. 



An accidental visitor from Europe One specimen has been 

 taken at Dyke Marsh near Falmouth, Cumberland County, October 

 4, 1889, by John Whitney, and is recorded by Dr Brock in The 

 Auk, Vol. 13, p. 173. 



Subfamily GALLINULIN^E. Gallinules. 

 Genus IONORNIS Reichenbach. 



92. (218). lonornis martinica (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. 

 An accidental visitor from the south, only four specimens 



recorded. 



County Records. Androscoggin," one taken Apr. 11, 1897, at South 

 Lewiston, by John Turner" (C. D. Farrar) ; Knox, (Rackliff) ; Lincoln, 

 "one taken at Boothbay" (Purdie in Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 5, p. 

 173); Washington, "accidental" (Boardman). 



