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215. Coturnicops noceboracensis (Gmcl.). Yellow Rail. — 

 One record only. Sept. 19. 1895, a .specimen was 

 taken alive by my brother near the mouth of the 

 Cornwallis River. It seemed unable to rise and 

 tried to hide in the grass, but apparently had not 

 been wounded. 



219. GalUtnda galeata galenta (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. 

 — Rare; two records only, both at Canard River, 

 a sluggish reed-grown stream which winds through 

 the meadows and flow.s into Minas Basin. One 

 taken Sept. 2G, 1898, by my brother, and the 

 other one, Oct. 15, 19l.'5, brought to me in the 

 flesh for identific.ition. 



222. Phalaropus julicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. — 



Only one record, a specimen taken on th? Grand 



Pre (H. F. Tufts), Oct. 17, 1898. after a north- 

 easterly storm. 



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

 Summer resident; not uncommon in suitable locali- 

 ties from first week in April to November 10th, or 

 until the advent of frost compels them to forsake 

 their feeding grounds. Most common during Octo- 

 ber, the period of southern migration. They nest 

 early in May, on the ground; and any fine evening 

 (or at daybreak) during the nesting period the male 

 may be heard singing his weird song which accom- 

 panies his aerial performance known as the "sky 

 dance," so admirably described by Chapman in 

 his "Birds of Eastern North America". The 

 female sits so "close" on her eggs that she may 

 often be touched before I cirg induced to leave them. 



230. GaUinago deUcata (Ord.). Wilson's Snipe; "Meadow 

 Hen;" "English Snipe;" "Jack Snipe."— Not 

 uncommon summer resident in suitable localities, 



