. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . sliadinginto slaty gray on sides and lower belly: two middle tail feathers pointed. Adult {dark pliase) : general plumage sooty Ijrown ; slightly paler below : crown darkbrown. I miiiaturc (light phase): head and neck streaked with buff or gray: under parts mottledand barred with slaty gray : upper parts dark gray: some of the feathers edged with buff. Iimnaturc {dark phase) : general color slaty brown : neck marked with white: feathers onthe l)elly l)arred with dull white. In all plumage the two
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . sliadinginto slaty gray on sides and lower belly: two middle tail feathers pointed. Adult {dark pliase) : general plumage sooty Ijrown ; slightly paler below : crown darkbrown. I miiiaturc (light phase): head and neck streaked with buff or gray: under parts mottledand barred with slaty gray : upper parts dark gray: some of the feathers edged with buff. Iimnaturc {dark phase) : general color slaty brown : neck marked with white: feathers onthe l)elly l)arred with dull white. In all plumage the two middle tail feathers are pointed, andthe tarsus is blacl< in freshly killed specimens. Length. 17 to 20 : Wing, 13: Tail (adult), , (inunature). 6 : Tarsus. : Hill. 190 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FEORIDA. Accidental on the Florida coast in winter. It ranges from the far Northsouthward to South America and South Africa. It breeds in hit^h northernlatitudes. The eggs are olive brown, blotched with chocolate brown. Thenest is a little grass in a .slight depression in the
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