Yellow Rail ( Coturnicops noveboracensis) in Massachusetts. During 
the fall of 1911, three specimens of the above Rail, which is generally 
supposed to be rare in this state, were brought to my attention. Curi- 
ously enough two of these were shot at the same place though at very 
different dates. The first one was shot on October 3 at West Roxbury 
by Mr. W. P. Henderson. The second was taken at Chatham on October 
2 by Mr. John J. Chickering. The third was shot on the very late date 
of November 25 also at Chatham by Mr. Russell Bearse. This latter 
specimen was larger and darker than the others and the yellow on the 
breast was not so bright. I saw all of these birds at the store of Mr. C. 
Emerson Brown, the Boston taxidermist, where I carefully examined 
them. — S. Prescott Eay, Boston, Mass J . , 
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