June, 1906.] 
The Purple Gallinule in Ohio. 
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differently and simplified it, he would have arrived at the same 
results with me. As it is, he gives the reader, not a simple for- 
mula, but a table. His work came to my knowledge after I had 
worked out and presented my formula before the Biological 
Club and the same has been useful to me only in suggesting a 
simplification of the equation used for my starting point. 
Biological Hall, Ohio State University. 
THE PURPLE GALLINULE IN OHIO. 
James S. Hine. 
Since not over half a dozen specimens of this bird have been 
recorded for Ohio, any additional records of captured specimens 
are of interest. A fine male was brought to the museum a few 
weeks ago by F. B. Shuller who furnished the following data 
regarding two specimens shot at Hamilton, Ohio, by Chas. 
Golden; 
Mr. Golden says; “As I recall, it was the first part of April, 
1897, while strolling along a marshy place known as Old River, 
that I noticed a bird upon a decayed log which was lying in the 
water. The river is about fifty feet wide and the water four 
inches deep at the point where the observation was made and is 
a fine feeding ground for waders. My attention was attracted 
by what 1 first thought was a piece of red paper which the bird 
was carrying in its mouth. I threw a stick and the bird flew and 
alighted on a branch of a large elm tree overhanging the water 
and between myself and the sun where I could see the bright 
colors of its bill, and the beautiful purple plumage.” 
“A gun was procured and the bird shot and presented to 
Mr. W. B. Shuler who had it mounted by Mr. Geo. Sutter. The 
following March while duck hunting near the same locality, it 
was my good fortune to shoot another purple gallinule which I 
believe Mr. Sutter now has in his possession. The day on which 
the second s])ecimen was taken was very disagreeable with 
occasional snow flurries which are characteristic of this season of 
the year.” 
