Birds of Canada. 



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PURPLE GALLINULE. 



Gallinule martinica. The Purple Gallinule. 



The Purple Gallinule is twelve inches long. 

 Upper parts, dark olive-green ; bill, bright red, 

 tipped with yellow ; under parts, bluish-purple ; 

 legs, yellow. An occasional visitor to the marsh, 

 east of Toronto. 



