Purple Gallinule ( Ionornis martinica ) in Rhode Island. Mr. 
Newton Dexter states that some years ago Mr. P. W. Aldrich showed 
him a fine Purple Gallinule just received in the flesh from Westerly, R. I. 
Mr. Dexter bought, and now has the bird. He is not able to give the 
exact year, but thinks it was in 1857.— Fred. T. Jencks, Providence , R. I. 
BuU, N. Q. O, 7, April, 1882, p, / 2 V . 
1481. Purple Gallinule. [By J. M. Southwick.] Ibid., No. io, Oct., 
1886, p. 79. — [‘‘This was the third capture, not the second as stated.” — J. 
M. Southwick, in litt.~\ Ban4. Notes N«t» Hi» 0 
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CJol.Boetoe Soc. Nat. History, 
Ionornis martinica. Purple Gallinule. — A male captured at Sea- 
connet, R. I., on June 8, 1900, is in the collection. 
Auk 25, A«-1908,p. 
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