lonornis martinica 
Ad. male, full spring plumage , taken at Lake Quinsigamond 
sold to Miss Ball of Worcester. Mr. John A. Parley of Malden 
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Ionornis martinica 
Charles Pierce, a W. Quincy boy* skinned mounted ana received 
Charles Pierce, a W. Quincy boy* skinned mounted ana received 
from George Nelson, taxidermist of W. Quincy. Mr. 0. Bangs saw 
the bird in the flesh. Small pebbles only in stomach, ova- 
ries little larger than pin-heads; pond-hole near N.Y., N. 
& Hartford gravel pits. No. 48650 in Brewster collection. 
Two Massachusetts Records— Mr. John E. Thajer permits me to 
record the following captures, the specimens referred to being now in his 
museum at Lancaster, Mass. On May 24, 1904, a boy caught a female 
Purple Galiinule ( lonurnis martinica ) at Randolph. The bird was kept 
alive for a few days, but finally died, and was purchased by Mr. Thayer. 
On August 12, 1904, Mr. Henry W. Abbott shot a female Little Blue 
Heron (Florida carulea) at Sandwich. The specimen is almost white. 
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