38 Oneida H istorical Society. 



59. Gallinula galeata. 



FLORIDA GALLINULE. 



A few have been taken at Utica, and one at Boonville. Occa- 

 sional at Oneida Lake. Very common on the marshes of the 

 Seneca River, where they are called "Water Chickens," and 

 where they breed in numbers. This bird shares its nest not 

 only with its own species but sometimes with the Pied-billed 

 Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, also, as the following observa- 

 tions will show. On June 4, 1879, a nest was found containing 

 four eggs. June 5, at 11 A. M., it contained six eggs. On the 

 same day, at 5 P. M., there were nine eggs. At this time the 

 female, or one of them, was killed and the eggs taken. The 

 same month an old bird followed by a brood of youn^ was 

 observed leaving her nest, which on examination was found 

 to contain one egg of this species and two of the Grebe, all 

 with chicks peeping in them. It was impossible to distinguish 

 which of the two species the old bird was. 



60. Fulica americana. 

 COOT. 

 Common at Oneida Lake. One taken at Utica. 



61. Phalaropus fulicarius. 

 RED PHALAROPE. 



An uncommon migrant at Oneida Lake. A single specimen 

 killed at Utica on the water works reservoir, October 16, 1904. 



62. Lobipes lobatus. 



NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



A rare migrant. One taken at Oneida Lake September 21, 

 1889. Early in the spring of 1881 a specimen of this bird was 

 taken in the town of Westmoreland in this odd manner. It 



