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 has actually been found nesting are Delaware (record- 

 Hughes) and Center, where it is quite common. 



219. Gallinula galeata galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule, 

 • The Florida Gallinule is apparantly limited to a 

 few favored localities in Philadelphia and Delaware 

 Counties. For several years this bird was an abundant 

 breeder in the swamps about Port Richmond and Bride sburg, 

 Philadelphia and less common at Tinicum in Delaware County, 



228. Philohela minor (Gmel. ) .American Woodcock. 



Tho now rare in many of the more thickly popula- 

 ted counties, the Woodcock still breeds regularly, tho far 

 less common than heretofore, in practically every county of 

 the state. Mr. R. F. Miller writes ime that it is a rare 

 summer resident in Philadelphia County, and Mr. S. S. Dickey 

 tells me it is rare in Green County, tho several sets were 

 taken there in former years. In southeastern and south- 

 western Pennsylvania it is undoubtedly a rare breeder, but 

 thruout the mountain swamps and in Erie and Crawford 

 Counties, Woodcock are still far from rare, tho they could 

 hardly be classed as common. Mr.CSimpson finds only a few 

 pairs breeding about Warren, but in Center and Huntington 

 Counties I have found it common in the swampy bottom-lands 

 and have seen the young recently hatched. Dr. Warren 



