CATALOGUE OF VERTEBEATES. 603 



upper parts ochraceous, broadly striped with black and narrowly 

 barred with white. Length, 7 inches. 



" Eare. A few of these birds are generally killed during the 

 ' rail season,' but when compared with the numbers of ' soras,' 

 are emphatically rare. Have not found any breeding, or noticed 

 them, except on the river, and during September." 



CREX, Bechs. 



0. crex, L. Corn Crake. 



Above light brown, black striped ; wings rusty, with a few 

 white spots ; head ashy, crown brownish ; white below ; chest 

 drab; brown and white bars on sides and under tail coverts. 

 Length, 10 inches. A North European form, accidental on this 

 side of the Atlantic. 



lONORNIS, Reich. 



1. martinica, L. Purple Gallinule. 



Forehead covered with a horny frontal plate ; toes not lobed ; 

 nostril nearly circular; tarsus more than two inches long; plumage 

 olive green above and purplish blue below and on head ; bill 

 reddish; under tail coverts white. Length, 12 inches; tail, 3 

 inches. 



" Has been more frequently noticed than G. galeata, though 

 like it, must be looked upon as a rare visitor only. Specimens 

 have been taken about Tuckerton, on the Hackensack, near 

 Newark, and on the meadows of the Delaware at Trenton. The 

 author has met with five specimens in all, from the three men- 

 tioned localities, during the past seven summers. The latest 

 specimen observed was killed on the 2d of November, 1864, near 

 Trenton."— [C. C. A.J 



GALLINULA, Briss. 



G. galeata, Licht. Florida Gallinule. 



Nostrils linear ; frontal plate, bill and a ring around tibia, red ; 

 tarsus little more than two inches; grayish black on head and 

 below ; above brownish olive ; white stripes on flanks ; in winter, 

 belly suffused with white. Length, 14 inches ; tail, S^ inches. 

 A southern form, straying north. 



