Birds of Southern New Brunswick. 
Oaazaberlaia. 
16. Ionornis martinica. Purple Gallinule. - Since obtaining the 
male, announced by Mr. Wm. Brewster in this Bulletin for July, 1881, I 
have had the good fortune to get possession of a female which was shot 
near Gagetown, a village on the St. John River, about forty miles from its 
mouth. The bird was taken in the early part of September, 1880. 
Bull. N. O.O, 7, April, 1882, p.io 5 
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Of the more Southern spe- 
cies, which, caught in the circles of the 
Southern cyclones, are whirled down upon 
us, may be added a Purple Galinule, shot 
at Halifax, February, 1870, a few days after 
the cyclone in which the City of Boston 
perished, and Her Majesty s transport, 
Oronte, survived, on the banks of New- 
foundland. 
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Occurrence of the Purple Floiub a Gallinules near St. 
John, New Brunswick. — M. Chamberlain, Esq., of St. John, New 
Brunswick, has very kindly furnished me with the following notes for 
publication in the Bulletin. 
On April 6, 1881, a Purple Gallinule (Porfkyrio martinica) was shot at 
Irishtown. a few miles west of St. John. It was taken in a meadow a 
short distance from the shore of the Bay of Fundy. 
Bull, N. O.O. 6, July, 1881. p. / • 
We have, by the hand of the author, a copy 
of a reprint, from the Transactions oj the 
Nora Scotian Institute of Natural Science , on 
“Notes of Nova Scotian Zoology,” by Sir. 
Harry Piers of Halifax, N. S. In this paper 
lie notes the capture of a specimen of Vir- 
ginia Deer, an animal hitherto noted as being 
unknown in this province, a fact as strange 
as true, since it has been often taken in New 
Brunswick, near the boundry line. He also 
notes some of the habits of the Purple Galli- 
nule now kept in captivity by .Mr. Andrew 
Downs, a hitherto unaccomplished achieve- 
ment. The breeding habits of other little- 
known birds are also touched upon, as are 
also some reptiles and fishes. 
Mr. Piers, though a comparatively young 
man, is doing some very fine work in Natural 
History. 
0..&Q, 2YI, Jan, 18% p.ia 
Quyt-ire. z. Cc\nicxJa- 
Purple Gallinule, Sabine’s Gull, and other Rare Birds in Quebec. — About 
the middle of September last a young Purple Gallinule was shot on the 
beach of the St. Lawrence River about two miles from the city of Quebec, 
and towards the first of October an adult Sabine’s Gull, in its fall plumage, 
was also shot in the same place, by another sportsman. This bird and the 
preceding one, which are in my possession, are the first records of their 
presence in the Province of Quebec. 
In September last, a Meadowlark was captured in a field near a forest 
at Lorette, about six miles from Quebec. This is the second occurrence of 
this bird here. 
Mr. J. Beetz, of Piastre Bay, Pointe aux Esquimaux, on the North Shore 
of the St. Lawrence, has recently sent me one adult specimen of the Mourn- 
ing Dove shot by him the 23d of October last. We have had until now 
only five records of its presence in the Province; two near the city of 
Quebec, and three were recorded some years ago at Godbout, by Mr. N. 
Comeau, but none so far in the North. 
Mr. Beetz has also sent me one Ruby-throated Hummingbird captured 
the 25th of September. — C. E. Dionne, Quebec, Canada. 
Auk 27. JaA-l&iO P« %?, 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario, 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt.I, Water Birds. 
AuB, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.44®. 
/3. Ionornis martinica. Purple Gallinule. — One taken at the 
mouth of the Rouge River (16 miles east of Toronto), April 8, 1892. 1 
1 Biological Review of Ontario, I, 1894, 10. 
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