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GENERAL NOTES. 
The Florida Gallinule Breeding in Vermont.—Early in June, the present 
year, I left New York City for a short collecting trip in Vermont, in quest 
of, among other things, the Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata), in the 
hope of securing the birds, their nest and eggs, and the proper access- 
