. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . n account of its small size and retiringhabits it is rarely , According to Nelson, it is not very rare in Black Rail. northern Illinois and breeds. He records the finding of a set of ten eggs of this species by Mr. Frank Dewitt, nearthe Calumet River, June 19, 1875. (Birds N. E. Illinois, 1876, p. 134.)Kumlien and Hollister say: The only record we are aware of is thefollowing: August 20, 1877, a Marsh Hawk was killed by FrithiofKumlien from a muskrat house on the border of Lake noted first it was eating something and this proved to
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . n account of its small size and retiringhabits it is rarely , According to Nelson, it is not very rare in Black Rail. northern Illinois and breeds. He records the finding of a set of ten eggs of this species by Mr. Frank Dewitt, nearthe Calumet River, June 19, 1875. (Birds N. E. Illinois, 1876, p. 134.)Kumlien and Hollister say: The only record we are aware of is thefollowing: August 20, 1877, a Marsh Hawk was killed by FrithiofKumlien from a muskrat house on the border of Lake noted first it was eating something and this proved to be alittle black rail. We are quite sure of having seen it on one occasion,but the above is probably the only authentic record for the state asyet. (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 39.) The nest is of grass, built on the ground. The eggs are 8 to 10,creamy white or dull white, and measure about i x .80 inches. Anadmirable account of the breeding and distribution of this species isgiven by Dr. J. A. Allen in the Auk, Vol. XVII, 1900, p. 386 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Subfamily GALLIN ULINiE. lONORNIS Reich. 99. lonornis martinica (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. Distr.: Southern United States, West Indies, Middle Aniei-ica,and northern South America, casual as far north as Maine and Wis-consin. Adult male: Head, neck, and under parts, bluish purple, gradinginto black on the belly; above, olive; wing coverts, bluish; back, olive;crissum, white; frontal plate of the bill, blue; bill, red, tipped withyellow; legs, yellow. Length, 11; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, The Purple Gallinule is of rare occurrence in Illinois in summer,and a straggler in Wisconsin. Butler (Birds of Indiana, 1897)states that it breeds northward to southern Illinois, but I find norecord of the eggs having been taken there. Nelson (Birds N. , 1876, p. 135) mentions a specimen taken near Chicago, by N. Holden, Jr., in May, 1866; and Mr. Ruthven Deane re
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