. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . nearest neighborby several hundred miles in which the species is rare or the first and second is an isolated breeding colony at LakeEllis, N. C. (Philipp). The birds that breed at Woodward, Okla.(Lantz), may constitute a far removed outpost from the lower Mis-souri contingent, while the few individuals nesting in the vicinity ofTucson, Ariz. (Rhoads), are separated by many miles of desert fromtheir nearest neighbors in southern California. A few Florida gallinules have wandered north to Halifax, N. S.,Novem
. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . nearest neighborby several hundred miles in which the species is rare or the first and second is an isolated breeding colony at LakeEllis, N. C. (Philipp). The birds that breed at Woodward, Okla.(Lantz), may constitute a far removed outpost from the lower Mis-souri contingent, while the few individuals nesting in the vicinity ofTucson, Ariz. (Rhoads), are separated by many miles of desert fromtheir nearest neighbors in southern California. A few Florida gallinules have wandered north to Halifax, N. S.,November 18, 1888 (Austen); Kentville, N. S., September 20, 1886(Chamberlain); St. John, N. B., September, 1880 (Brewster); Calais,Me. (Boardman); Quebec City, Canada, May 28, 1892 (Dionne);Beaumaris, Ont. (Fleming); Bay City, Mich., May 2, 1891 (Eddy);near Vermilion, S. Dak., late April, 1899 (Sweet); Colorado Springs,Colo., May 9, 1882 (Allen and Brewster); and near Fort Verde, Ariz.,September 26, and November 1, 1884 (Mearns). NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 41. Fig. 18.—Floridr. ^allinule (Galllnula galeata). 42 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Winter range.—The Florida gallinule seems to be resident through-out its range in Middle and South America and north to AshepooStation, S. C., December 30 and 31, 1904 (Murphy); Tallahassee,Fla. (Williams); Vermilion Bay, La. (McAtee); Lake Surprise, Texas,December 8-11, 1910 (McAtee); San Pedro, Ariz. (Scott); and LosAngeles, Cal. (Swarth). A laggard was noted at Palmer, Mass.,December, 1909 (Morris). Spring migration.—The Florida gallinule arrived at Washington,D. C, April 19, 1892 (Hasbrouck); Waynesburg, Pa., April 26, 1894(Jacobs); Philadelphia, Pa., average April 23, earliest April 16, 1909(Miller); Canandaigua, N. Y., April 12, 1905 (Antes); Cambridge,Mass., April 29, 1895 (Faxon); Ferrisburgh, Vt., April 28, 1879(Robinson); East Sullivan, Me., May 5, 1883 (Knight); Montreal,Canada, May 19, 1892 (Wintle);
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