. "Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations . AMERICAN COOT. 126 MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. No. 132. Mud Hen. AHERICAN COOT. Genus: Fulica. Species: F. americana. Distribution: A rare spring and common fall visitor, breeding northward. Date of Arrival: April, going north. Date of Departure: September, through October. General Plumage: Slaty blue, dark above, pale below, wings and under tailcoverts white marked. Immature, under parts paler, upperbrownish. Bill white, marked with brown, feet and legsgree
. "Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations . AMERICAN COOT. 126 MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. No. 132. Mud Hen. AHERICAN COOT. Genus: Fulica. Species: F. americana. Distribution: A rare spring and common fall visitor, breeding northward. Date of Arrival: April, going north. Date of Departure: September, through October. General Plumage: Slaty blue, dark above, pale below, wings and under tailcoverts white marked. Immature, under parts paler, upperbrownish. Bill white, marked with brown, feet and legsgreenish black. Length about Song and Other Notes:A hoarse kruk. Haunts: Marshes, reed-covered creeks. MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. 127. No. 133. WILSONS SNIPE. Order: Limicolte. Genus: Gallinago. Family: Scolopacidie. Species: G. delicata. Distribution: A common spring and autumn transient visitor. Date of Arrival: Going north April. Date of Departure: Going south September and October. General Plumage: Upper parts black mottled with buff, Avings dark, whitemarked, outer tail feathers black and white, others blacklipped with wliite; under parts white, neck and breast bullstreake() with blackish, - ^feathers black and about Song and Other Notes: Scaipes-scaipes-scaipes,a curious drumming, probablvmade by the wings when descending in the air, and a peculiarsound Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-kup. Haunts: Swales, meadows, swamps, rarely salt marsh, but often dampwoodland. flanks black marked, under tailBill brownish, feet and legs brown. 128 MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS.
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