. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . American Coot Length, 15; wing, 7i (-f); tail, 2 ; tarsus, 2J ; oulnicii, IJ. NorthAiiu-rica, north to New Brunswick and Alaska ; breeding localij- through-out, and wintering from the Middle States to Central America. habits like those of the herons. FAMILY XLIH. COURLANS () A small family (2 species) of large, rail-like birds, with We have only the fol-lowing: 1. Limpkin( us (jhjd ittens).— A very large,southern (Floridaand Texas), long-Inlled, chocolat
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . American Coot Length, 15; wing, 7i (-f); tail, 2 ; tarsus, 2J ; oulnicii, IJ. NorthAiiu-rica, north to New Brunswick and Alaska ; breeding localij- through-out, and wintering from the Middle States to Central America. habits like those of the herons. FAMILY XLIH. COURLANS () A small family (2 species) of large, rail-like birds, with We have only the fol-lowing: 1. Limpkin( us (jhjd ittens).— A very large,southern (Floridaand Texas), long-Inlled, chocolate-brown, rail - likebird, with mostLimpkin of the plumage. FA3f. XLIV. CRANES 261 sharply streaked with white. It is usually to be found alongthe borders of wooded streams and in the swamps, though occa-sionally it visits the uplands, and, like the heron, perches intrees. It receives the name Crying-bird, from the characterof its wailing call notes. (Courlan; Crying-bird.) Length, 2(5; wing, 12 (11-13|) ; tail, 6|; tarsus, 3|-5 ; culmen, ^ and southern Texas, south to West Indies and Central America. FAMILY XLIV. CKANES (GRtJID^) A family (18 species) of very large, very long-necked, long-legged, heron-like birds, which is placed in this order (Paludi-colse) with the rails, because of certain structural similarities,not because of size or general appearance. As in the herons,the head is more or less naked, but the plumage is compact,while that of the herons is peculiarly loose. They are inhabit-ants of marshes and meadows, and live upon both animaland vegetable food, such as frogs, lizards, snakes, mice, Indiancorn, etc. Their voice
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