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strange to find them so frequently over the border in New Brunswick. — 

 George A. Boardman, MiUtown, St. Stephen, N. B. 



The Northern Phalarope in Chester County, South Caro- 

 lina. — On May 17, 1880, a specimen of this species was secured on a 

 small mill-pond near Chester C. H. This, I believe, is the first record of 

 its capture in the State ; although its probable occurrence was mentioned 

 by Dr. Coues in his " Synopsis of the Birds of South Carolina," in 1868. — 

 Leverett M. Loomis, Chester, S. C. 



The Purple Gallinule in New England. — The record shows 

 about half a dozen occurrences of Porjihyrio martinica in New England 

 and the Provinces. I can add another instance. Mr. Joshua G. Nicker- 

 son informs me that at Boothbay, Me., towards the last of September, 

 1877, a male of this species in elegant plumage was seen on the edge of a 

 pond by a boy, who knocked it over with a stone, and captured the bird 

 alive. It was kept in a slatted box for some days, and at once became very 

 tame. Being allowed the freedom of the room, it would parade about the 

 floor, and perch on and take flies from the hand. Given too much liberty, 

 it shortly escaped. — H. A. Purdik, Newton, i\Iass. 



CoLYMBUS skptentrionalis AGAIN ON THE HuDSON. — In the Bul- 

 letin for July, 1878, p. 146, is the mention of the capture of a specimen of 

 Colymbus septentrionalis at Low Point, on the Hudson River. I have 

 seen the bird in question, and will add the capture of a second specimen in 

 a locality not far from the first, in the autumn of 1878 (about the begin- 

 ning of cold weather, I could not learn the e.xact date). It is now in the 

 possession of ]\Ir. Wood, of Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y. Both specimens 

 look remarkably alike. — W. A. Steakns, Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y. 



