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1873. HoLBERTON, W. TIic Ycllow-breasted Eiiil [Porzaiia iioveboracensis]. <^ For- 

 est and Strmm, xii, June 26, 1879, p. 405. 

 Capture of a specimen in Hackensack (N. J .) Meadows in Apr., 1879. 

 1879. Linden, C. Note ou Porzana noveboracensis. <^ Forost and Stream, :iiiii,l^o-v. 6, 

 1879, p. 785. 

 Capture of this species at Clinton, Iowa. 



1879. Merrill, H. W. Rail [Porzana Carolina] in Wisconsin. <^ Forest and Stream, 

 xiii, Nov. 20, 1879, p. 827. 

 Mentions also the "King rail" (? Rallus clegans) and some game birds. 



1879. "Perdix." The Common Gallinule [Gallinula galeata] in Illinois. <^Foresi 

 and Stream, xii, July 10, 1879, p. 444. 



1879. Robinson, E. E. [Gallinula galeata] Unusual in Vermont. -^ Forest and Stream, 

 xii, May 15, 1879, p. 285. 



Notice of capture of Florida Gallinule in Vermont, with extraordinary and no donbt incor- 

 rect statement that the ' ' Purple G-aUinule " is common there. 



