. Feathered game of the Northeast . ED GAME The two species are found over much thesame territory though the present one is ofsomewhat more southern habitat. FLORIDA GALLINULE. (Gallinula galeata.) This species, quite common in the South At-lantic and Gulf States, is only occasionally metin New England and corresponding latitudes,though specimens are rarely taken in the Mar-itime Provinces of Canada. In northern NewEngland it is one of the least common of themarsh dwellers. It is seldom that more thantwo are taken in a season in this section, mostyears passing without the capture of a specimen
. Feathered game of the Northeast . ED GAME The two species are found over much thesame territory though the present one is ofsomewhat more southern habitat. FLORIDA GALLINULE. (Gallinula galeata.) This species, quite common in the South At-lantic and Gulf States, is only occasionally metin New England and corresponding latitudes,though specimens are rarely taken in the Mar-itime Provinces of Canada. In northern NewEngland it is one of the least common of themarsh dwellers. It is seldom that more thantwo are taken in a season in this section, mostyears passing without the capture of a specimenbeing recorded in Maine. The Florida Gallinule loves the tranquilwaters—the still lagoons overgrown with sedgeand grass,—for there the floating vegetation of-fers the best chance for obtaining food. Muchpreferring the fresh water ponds and streams,this bird is rarely seen in the salt marshes andthen usually he is some stray traveler on hisway toward warm weather. In gait these birdsare much like the domestic fowl, bobbing their. -JDZ a< Q Qi o FLORIDA GALLINULE 243 heads in the same manner when are good runners and in case of dangerhave a great talent at disappearing; like theircousins, the rails, they are more prone to runand skulk than to fly. They are fairly goodswimmers, as well, sitting lightly and easily onthe water, keeping up the motion of their headsand flirting their tails up and down in railfashion as they go. They are feeders uponboth animal and vegetable matter, the grassseeds and the worms and snails of the bogs be-ing equally acceptable to them. Most of their traveling is done at night. Itis even said that their migrations (must we be-lieve this?) are performed on foot—a sort offeathered tramp. Their legs are stout, andexcept that the toes are long, slender and with-out lobes, as in the rails, and that the bird issomewhat smaller, it closely resembles thecoot, or mud hen, so well known to duckhunters. The long toes spreading out over acompar
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