. American game birds . al-linules, but brilliantly plumaged, the wholehead and under parts being a rich purplish-blue, becoming bluish-green on the sides andblack on the belly; back and wing covertsolive-green; under tail coverts pure uncommon in the South Atlantic andGulf States; wanders casually to NovaScotia, Ontario and Wisconsin. COOT (Fidica americana). A most re-markable bird, at home equally in the water or on land in marshes. Plumage gray like that of the Florida Gallinule, but secondaries tipped with white, bill white with a black band or spots in the middle, practically n
. American game birds . al-linules, but brilliantly plumaged, the wholehead and under parts being a rich purplish-blue, becoming bluish-green on the sides andblack on the belly; back and wing covertsolive-green; under tail coverts pure uncommon in the South Atlantic andGulf States; wanders casually to NovaScotia, Ontario and Wisconsin. COOT (Fidica americana). A most re-markable bird, at home equally in the water or on land in marshes. Plumage gray like that of the Florida Gallinule, but secondaries tipped with white, bill white with a black band or spots in the middle, practically no frontal plate, and the toes each with a lobed web. Coots swim and dive fully as well as any of our clucks, and are frequently seen on bays and in rivers in company with them, or in flocks of their own kind. While swimming they have a habit of nodding the head in time to the strokes of their feet. They are to be found throughout the United States and southern Canada. Commonly known as Blue Peters. FLORIDA GALLINULECOOT. vufV>U^ 28 AVOCET (Re curvi rostra americana). Eas-ily known by the very slender upturned billand the long bluish legs, the latter givingthem a local name of are among the largest of our waders,measuring about 18 in. in length. The birdshown is in summer plumage. In winterand immature plumage they have no rustycolor on the head. The plumage of theunder parts is very firm and duck-like. Theirwebbed feet enable them to swim easily andthey frequently do so. They are particularly abundant in alkalineregions of the west, and occur north to Sas-katchewan. They are rarely found east ofthe Mississippi River. They frequently feed in shallow water byimmersing the head and sifting the soft mudwith their slender bills. BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himan-topus mexicanus). These birds, which areeasily recognized by their striking black-and-white plumage and by the unusual lengthand slenderness of their red legs, are abun-dant in southwestern United States, breed
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