Auk, XV, April, 
Purple Gallinule (Ionornis martinica). — This species is an acci- 
dental visitor. In 1896 I saw an adult female which had been captured 
alive on Devil’s Island, Halifax Harbour, about January 16 of that year. 
It had probably been injured by striking the lighthouse upon that 
island. After being kept alive for about twenty-five days, it died and 
was mounted. I am told that another of the same species was found 
dead at Chezzetcook, Halifax County, in the same week as that in which 
the before-mentioned specimen was taken. Previous to this, two speci- 
mens had been taken in the Province. One of these was shot near 
Halifax on January 30, 1870 (Jones, American Naturalist, IY, 253), and 
the other was captured alive in April, 1889, and was kept for some time 
in an aviary by the late Mr. Andrew Downs ( vide Transactions N. S. 
Inst. Nat. Sc., VII, 468). It has been reported as casual in the neighbor- 
ing Province of New Brunswick. P<e*-S, • 
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