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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Porphyrio martinictcs. Martinique Gallinule. 
One was killed in August, 1863, by Mr. C. Stares, in a 
marsh at Grange, near Gosport. (" Zoologist." February, 
1890.) 
It is very doubtful if any of the above occurrences are 
of genuine wild birds.] 
Genus— tJ^r/^'^w/^?. 
206. Gallimila chloropus, Moor-hen. 
Water-hen. 
A very common resident everywhere throughout the 
county and Isle of Wight. 
The bird frequently appears, and even nests, in very 
unlooked-for situations. It often seeks its food at some 
distance from its usual haunts, and when disturbed takes 
refuge in bushes, or among ivy, remaining concealed in the 
foliage. 
In 1903, numbers of moor-hens ascended the Bourne, 
as far up as Hurstbourne Tarrant, retreating again to 
the lower waters as the stream dried up and their food 
disappeared. 
It does not visit salt water, but is often found plenti- 
fully on fresh or brackish streams and ditches quite close 
to the sea. 
Miss Yonge ' tells the story of one which came down a 
cottage chimney, and was brought to her as a rare foreign 
specimen. 
' "John Keble's Parishes." 
