Butcher, Raie Long Island Birds. 
Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail.— Two specimens which Col. 
Pike killed on the meadows near Southampton, Long Island, in 1848. He 
says of the species : “Formerly often met with, now very scarce. Ten 
years ago while shooting over the same ground I did not meet with a 
single individual.” 
Auk Z, July, 1893 p 272. 
Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. — Two individuals, taken by 
Mr. F. A. Macomber of Murray near that place, April 21, 1894, and 
another the following year at about the same time. Two of these speci- 
mens are now in his collection, — the third is in the collection of Mi. 
David Bruce of Brockport. 
Sea/Poid Is Pand 
Coturnicops noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. — Three additional occur- 
rences of this bird for Long Island have been made available through Mr. 
Robert L. Peavey. All were secured recently, two during the later months 
of 1908, one in January, 1909. One of the specimens, taken by Mr. Peavey 
and by him presented to the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 
and Sciences, has been already recorded by Mr. George K. Cherrie, curator 
of ornithology of the Museum. Mr. Cherrie says: “This specimen was 
collected by the donor at Seaford, Long Island, September, 1908” (Museum 
News, Vol. IV, March, p. 85, 1909). I learn from Mr. Peavey that it was 
taken on the bay side of the beach, back of the sand dunes, where the 
“sedge” grass grew in tufts. In one of these the bird was concealed, and 
was only flushed on a near approach, so that care had to be exercised 
in collecting it so that it should not be rendered unfit for preserving as a 
specimen. It was taken Sept. 20, 1908, and is a male. 
A second specimen, also a male, was taken by him at the same place on 
December 4, 1908. This one was found on the edge of the main creek, in 
the short salLmeadow grass. A third specimen was obtained on January 
10, 1909, at the same place, in a similar location. This specimen, through 
the generosity of Mr. Peavey, is now in the writer’s collection of skins. 
Auk 20, 
