. . y did notknow the Rail, and he states that the bird was black and hadlong yellow legs. It might have been the young of some otherRail or Gallinule, as, so far as can be determined from thearticle in Forest and Stream, no ornithologist saw it. It waskept for a while and afterw^ards liberated. A pair was foundwith young at Chatham in July, 1884, and a nest with eggs inMay, 1885.^ Howe and Allen also quote Mr. Robert O. Morristo the effect that the species bred in Hazardville, according toJ. H. Batty.^ The latter record, however, sh
. . y did notknow the Rail, and he states that the bird was black and hadlong yellow legs. It might have been the young of some otherRail or Gallinule, as, so far as can be determined from thearticle in Forest and Stream, no ornithologist saw it. It waskept for a while and afterw^ards liberated. A pair was foundwith young at Chatham in July, 1884, and a nest with eggs inMay, 1885.^ Howe and Allen also quote Mr. Robert O. Morristo the effect that the species bred in Hazardville, according toJ. H. Batty.^ The latter record, however, should be creditedto Connecticut, as Hazardville is near Enfield, Conn. A malewas taken by Mr. Stanley Cobb at Milton, May 16, 1904. 1 Purdie, H. A.: Bull. Nuttall Cm. Club, 1877, p. 22. 2 Curtis, D. T.: Forest and Stream, Apr. 5, 1877, Vol. VIII, p. 129. 3 Allen, J. A.: Revised List of the Birds of Mass., 1886, p. 236. * Morris, Robert O.: Birds of Springfield and Vicinity, 1901, p. 13. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 217 PURPLE GALLINULE {lonornis martinicus).. Length. — About inches. Adult. — Back bright shining oUve green; wings deeper green, shaded withblue; head, neck and breast rich bluish purple; belly darker; frontalshield on forehead blue; under tail coverts white; bill carmine, tippedwith yellow; feet yellow. Yoimg. —^ Browner above; mostly white below; no red on bill. Notes. — Resemble the delicate whistling of the Blue-winged Teal (Audubon), Range. — Tropical and subtropical America. Breeds from Texas, Tennessee,and South Carolina south to Ecuador and Paraguay; winters fromTexas, Louisiana and Florida southward; irregularly north in summerto Arizona, Nebraska;, Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia andNew Brunswick; accidental in England and Bermuda. elegant Gallinule is a wanderer from the south, andprobably straggles into all the New England States occasion-ally. Col. Nicolas Pike states that it was formerly very 218 GAME BIRDS, WILD-
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