Note on the Habits of the Young of Gallinula galeata and 
Podilymbus podiceps. — Mr. N. R. Wood, who collected quite a number 
of young Grebes and Gallinules this summer at Montezuma Marsh, near 
Clyde, N.Y., tells me that the little Gallinules use the thumb to aid them 
in moving about. The thumb in the young of this bird is quite long 
and sharp, and the nestlings, when unable to walk, hook it into any 
yielding substance, and drag themselves along. The young Grebes are 
more vigorous than the Gallinules, and prbgress by little hops. — Fred- 
eric A. Lucas, Rochester , N. ^ Bull. N. 0 , 0 , 7 , April, 1882, P. f , 
Birds of Oneida County, New York, 
Egbert Bagg. 
Gallinula galeata. Mr. i'rembley reports the taking of a specimen in 
New Hartford a few years ago, an addi ti onal reco rd. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 p. 103 
414. Florida Gallinule. By Frank S. Wright. Ibid., pp, 154. 1 55 • 
Abundant in the Seneca River marshes, N. Y. \ 1 '/*& 
Florida Gallinule ( Gallinula galeata). A specimen of this bird 
was shot on Shelter Island on Oct. 28, by a gunner, being the first 
instance of its capture here that has ever come to my notice. It was 
feeding and swimming amongst the reeds in a rather open pond, and 
was approached and shot without difficulty, exhibiting little shyness. — 
Willis W. Worthington, Shelter Island Heights , New York. 
Auk, XVI, Jan. , 1899, p*. S 5~. 
