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A Florida Gallinule 
( Gallinula galeata') was also captured by Henry Ketchum, Esq., at Dick s 
Lake, in September, 1880. 
There is a record ( Jones , Am. Nat., IV, 253) of the occurrence of the 
Purple Gallinule at Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 30, 1870, but I cannot 
learn that the Florida Gallinule has previously been detected so far to the 
eastward as St. John.— William Brewster, Cambridge , Mass. 
Bull N.O.Q. S.July, 1881, p, /?£ * 
The Florida Galinule was also 
taken near Halifax, May 23, 1880, after no 
recorded storm. 
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The Florida Gallinule in Nova Scotia.-Mr. Watson Bishop of Kent- 
ville, has in his collection a Florida Gallinule gallinula galea^ wh. h 
was taken near (he Cornwallis River, N. S., on Septembei 20, 1886, by 
Mr E F. L. Jenner. Mr. J. M. Jones reports that three other examples o 
fhis species have been taken in that ■ Provin^-MoNTAOU. : Chamberla.n, 
St. John, N. B. Auk, 4, July 188/. p. 25 3. 
also rfeived a Flofida G allinule that some hoys killed | 
with stones, both at Halifax, N. S„ about November 18. 
ipxop. x 1 v. /rif - /* • /y. 
..arry Austen shot a Night Heron in young plumage ; 
q Ird 1 ;i lso received a Florida Gallinule that some boys killed 1 
With stones, both at HalifexJ S. S„ about November 18. 
He also received from a friend in Kentville, an Albino 
Woodcock. No use, Canada must be annexed. 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt . I , Water Birds. 
Auk, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.448. 
74 . Gallinula galeata. Florida Gallinule. — Common summer 
resident, abundant in migrations; arrives about the middle of April, 
departs towards the end of October. A young bird taken September 29, 
1898; downy young, June 6, 1895; nest taken June 23, 1889. 
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