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strange to find them so frequently over the border in New Brunswick. — 
George A. Boardman, Milltown, St. Stephen, N. B. 
The Northern Phalarope in Chester County, South Caro- 
lina. — On May 17, 1880, a specimen of this species was secured on a 
small mill-pond near Chester C. H. This, I believe, is the first record of 
its capture in the State ; although its probable occurrence was mentioned 
by Dr. Coues in his “ Synopsis of the Birds of South Carolina,” in 1868. — 
Leverett M. Loomis, Chester , S. C. 
The Purple Gallinule in New England. — The record shows 
about half a dozen occurrences of Porphyrio martinica in New England 
and the Provinces. I can add another instance. Mr. Joshua G. Nicker- 
son informs me that at Boothbay, Me., towards the last of September, 
1877, a male of this species in elegant plumage was seen on the edge of a 
pond by a boy, who knocked it over with a stone, and captured the bird 
alive. It was kept in a slatted box for some days, and at once became very 
tame. Being allowed the freedom of the room, it would parade about the 
floor, and perch on and take flies from the hand. Given too much liberty, 
it shortly escaped. — H. A. Purdie, Newton , Mass. 
Colymbus septentrionalis again on the Hudson. — In the Bul- 
letin for July, 1878, p. 146, is the mention of the capture of a specimen of 
Colymbus septentrionalis at Low Point, on the Hudson River. I have 
seen the bird in question, and will add the capture of a second specimen in 
a locality not far from the first, in the autumn of 1878 (about the begin- 
ning of cold weather, I could not learn the exact date). It is now in the 
possession of Mr. Wood, of Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y. Both specimens 
look remarkably alike. — W. A. Stearns, Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y. 
