﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  283 
  

  

  This 
  palearctic 
  species, 
  the 
  common 
  Land-rail 
  of 
  Europe, 
  is 
  of 
  casual 
  

   occurrence 
  in 
  eastern 
  North 
  America. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  New 
  York 
  records: 
  

  

  Oakdale, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Nov. 
  2, 
  1880. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  5 
  : 
  177 
  

   Cohoes, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  6, 
  1883. 
  Park, 
  Auk, 
  2: 
  296 
  

   Amagansett, 
  L. 
  I. 
  About 
  Aug. 
  15, 
  1885. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  435 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  About 
  Nov. 
  i, 
  1888. 
  Butcher 
  Collection, 
  12 
  13. 
  See 
  Forest 
  and 
  

   Stream, 
  Apr. 
  3, 
  1890. 
  

  

  Corn 
  crake. 
  Crex 
  crex 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Albany 
  county 
  specimen, 
  

   State 
  Museum. 
  -J- 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  lonornis 
  martinica 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Purple 
  Gallinule 
  

  

  Plate 
  27 
  

  

  F 
  ulica 
  martinica 
  Linnaeus 
  Svst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  12. 
  1766. 
  1:259 
  

   lonornis 
  martinica 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  218 
  

  

  ionor'nis, 
  Gr. 
  IW, 
  violet, 
  opv.?, 
  bird; 
  martVnica, 
  of 
  Martinique 
  

   Description. 
  Head, 
  neck 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  rich 
  purplish 
  blue, 
  becoming 
  

   bluish 
  green 
  on 
  sides 
  and 
  lining 
  of 
  wing, 
  and 
  blackish 
  on 
  behy; 
  back 
  and 
  

  

  