42 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Winter range. — The Florida gallinule seems to be resident through- 

 out its range in Middle and South America and north to Ashepoo 

 Station, S. C., December 30 and 31, 1904 (Murphy); Tallahassee, 

 Fla. (Williams) ; Vermilion Bay, La. (McAtee) ; Lake Surprise, Texas, 

 December 8-11, 1910 (McAtee); San Pedro, Ariz. (Scott); and Los 

 Angeles, Cal. (Swarth). A laggard was noted at Palmer, Mass., 

 December, 1909 (Morris). 



Spring migration. — The Florida gallinule arrived at Washington, 

 D. O, April 19, 1892 (Hasbrouck); Waynesburg, Pa., April 26, 1894 

 (Jacobs); Philadelphia, Pa., average April 23, earliest April 16, 1909 

 (Miller); Canandaigua, N. Y., April 12, 1905 (Antes); Cambridge, 

 Mass., April 29, 1895 (Faxon); Ferrisburgh, Vt., April 28, 1879 

 (Robinson); East Sullivan, Me., May 5, 1883 (Knight); Montreal, 

 Canada, May 19, 1892 (Wintle); Versailles, Ky., April 11, 1905 

 (Brodhead); Chicago, 111., average May 9, earliest April 24, 1902 

 (Blackwelder) ; central Indiana, average May 2, earliest April 29, 

 1908 (Ratliff); New Bremen, Ohio, April 19, 1909 (Henninger); 

 Oberlin, Ohio, average May 2, earliest April 20, 1907 (Jones); Vicks- 

 burg, Mich., average May 2, earliest April 24, 1904 (Corwin) ; Dunn- 

 ville, Ont., May 8, 1884 (McCallum); Grinnell, Iowa, April 28, 1890 

 (Kelsey); National, Iowa, April 18, 1909 (Sherman); near Madison, 

 Wis., average May 1, earliest April 26, 1908 (Vorhies) ; Minneapolis, 

 Minn., May 10, 1905 (Moore) ; Lawrence, Kans., April 19, 1907 (Han- 

 na); Dunbar, Nebr., April 27, 1899 (Wolcott). Near the southern 

 limit of the breeding range at Sacaya, Chile, the species nests up to 

 11,000 feet altitude and the eggs are here laid during January and 

 February (Lane) ; at Concepcion, Argentina, young were found 

 September 29 and eggs the middle of October, 1880 (Barrows); and 

 at Cantagallo, Brazil, young in late October, and eggs January 28, 

 (Euler). It is thus evident that south of the Equator the breeding 

 season lasts about six months from September to February. Nearly 

 the whole year is represented north of the equator, for young 10 days 

 old were found in Jamaica January 23, 1891, and eggs in May and 

 June (Scott) ; while in Barbados eggs were taken July, 1888 (Fielden) ; 

 and in Cuba, according to Gundlach, the gallinule nests from June 

 to December. Eggs were found at Mount Pleasant, S. C, May 21, 

 1904 (Wayne); Philadelphia, Pa., May 22, 1905 (Miller); Stratford, 

 Conn., June 25, 1891 (Lucas); North Truro, Mass., May 22, 1892 

 (Thayer) ; Cambridge, Mass., June 5, 1890 (Brewster) ; Lake Boma- 

 seen, Vt., May 28, 1881 and 1882 (Richardson); Rodney, Miss., 

 May 10, 1887 (Mabbett) ; Kalamazoo, Mich., May 25, 1891 (White); 

 Dunnville, Ont., May 29, 1884 (McCallum); Pewaukee, Wis., May 

 20, 1875 (Goss); Fort Snelling, Minn., May 28, 1903 (specimens in 

 U. S. National Museum) ; Brownsville, Tex., May 16, 1877 (Sennett); 

 and near Los Angeles, Cal., April 15, 1890 (Howard). 



