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Mcllwraith records the capturing of one in.dividual at Pickering, 

 Ont., in April, 1892. 



The above are all the records we' have of this species. 

 LXXIX. GALLINULA Brisson. 1760. 

 ^19. Florida Gallinule. 



Gallinula galeata (Light.) Bonap. 1832. 



A rare casual in New Brunswick. One shot at Dick's Lake, 

 September, 1879. {Chamberlain^ A not uncommon summer visi- 

 tor in Quebec. {DioHTte.) A common summer resident at Montreal, 

 but more plentiful in the autumn. {Wintle.) Not an uncommon 

 summer resident in Ontario, and breeds from Ottawa to Lake 

 Erie. 



Breeding Notes. — A nest of this species with seven eggs, 

 partly incubated, was taken at Kars, on the Rideau River, Ont., 

 gth July, 1890, by Messrs. W. and F. A. Saunders. 



A few years ago this was a common bird in many parts of 

 Ontario but is becoming scarcer every year — not by reason of 

 hunters only, but because of the draining and drying up of many 

 of its former haunts. It still breeds in the inland marshes 

 between Kingston and Brockville, and occasionally along the 

 River St. Lawrence. It constructs in the water a nest of last 

 year's stems of bullrushes, well surrounded by a growth of the 

 same. Except in one case I have been able to row in a boat to 

 all the nests I have found. The eggs are usually laid from the 

 middle of May onward, the largest number I have found in one 

 nest being eleven. They exactly resemble in size and colour the 

 well known " Moor-hen " of Britain, as does the location of the 

 nest. {Rev. CJ. Young.) This species builds in the larger marshes 

 only. I have found it, however, in the marsh at Toronto. The 

 nest is built like that of a Rail, fastened to the surrounding 

 rushes, and usually high enough to escape the moisture. Eggs 

 six to ten. {W. Sauftders.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. Two 

 sets of eggs, one taken by Rev. C. J. Young, on May 27th, 1892, 



