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Some Birds of Rare or Accidental Oc- 
currence in New England. H*A»Purdie 
10. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail. — I have lately seen a skin 
of this species belonging to Mr. Browne, of Framingham. The bird was 
picked up dead, in August, 1869, by a relative of his, on Clark’s Island, 
Plymouth Harbor, and was forwarded to him as something entirely new 
to our shores. This instance adds a new bird to the Fauna of Massa- 
chusetts. 
Of this species Mr. Clark, of Sayhrook, Conn., also writes me that a 
neighbor of. his, while mowing at that place, July 10, 1876, swung his 
scythe over a nest of ten eggs on which the bird was sitting, unfortunately 
cutting off the bird’s head and breaking all but four of the eggs. The 
only previous New England record of this species is that given by Dr. 
Brewer (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Yol. XVII, p. 477). 
Bull. N.Q.O. 2, Jan., 1877. p. 22 
General Notes. 
Auk XII. Jan. 1395 p< 87 
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