Annual report . ^ brown;quills rufous brown; bill, eyes and legs pale brown. Otherwise, in size andcolor similar to an overgrown Sora. Length 10 inches; wing ; tail 2- tarsus ; bill .9. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 283 This palearctic species, the common Land-rail of Europe, is of casualoccurrence in eastern North America. There are four New York records: Oakdale, L. I. Nov. 2, 1880. Butcher, Auk, 5: 177Cohoes, N. Y. Nov. 6, 1883. Park, Auk, 2: 296Amagansett, L. I. About Aug. 15, 1885. Butcher, Auk, 3: 435 Montauk Point, L. I. About Nov. i, 1888. Butcher Collection, 1213. See Forest andStream, Apr
Annual report . ^ brown;quills rufous brown; bill, eyes and legs pale brown. Otherwise, in size andcolor similar to an overgrown Sora. Length 10 inches; wing ; tail 2- tarsus ; bill .9. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 283 This palearctic species, the common Land-rail of Europe, is of casualoccurrence in eastern North America. There are four New York records: Oakdale, L. I. Nov. 2, 1880. Butcher, Auk, 5: 177Cohoes, N. Y. Nov. 6, 1883. Park, Auk, 2: 296Amagansett, L. I. About Aug. 15, 1885. Butcher, Auk, 3: 435 Montauk Point, L. I. About Nov. i, 1888. Butcher Collection, 1213. See Forest andStream, Apr. 3, Corn crake. Crex crex (Linnaeus). Albany county specimen,State Museum. -J- nat. size lonornis martinica (Linnaeus)Purple Gallinule Plate 27 F ulica martinica Linnaeus Svst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. 1:259lonornis martinica A. O. U. Check List. 1895. No. 218 ionornis, Gr. IW, violet, , bird; martVnica, of MartiniqueDescription. Head, neck and under parts rich purplish blue, becomingbluish green on sides and lining of wing, and blackish on behy; back and 284 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM wing coverts olive-green; under tail coverts white; legs yellow; frontalplate bluish; bill carmine tipped with yellow. Young: Duller, morebrownish above, and whitish below. Size the same as young of Floridagallinules, but middle toe shorter than tarsals, and inner posterior surfaceof tarsus scutellate, and nostrils oval. This is a species of tropical and lower austral America, wanderingnorthward to Wisconsin, Ontario and Nova Scotia. According to Giraudit was extremely rare on Long Island 60 years ago, and DeKay
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