. Birds of South Dakota . ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK LIST AND DESCRIPTION 63 and Rails, both in general structure and also in size. They areaquatic in habit, having lobed or semi-webbed feet. They arefairly good swimmers but not equal to Ducks. Unlike Loonsand Grebes they are not adept divers. The wings of Coots aresmall in proportion to their bodies, hence they are slow andrather clumsy, both in rising from the water and in flight. Theirlegs are too short to place them with the waders, but notwith-standing their apparent defects they hold their own fairly this is par
. Birds of South Dakota . ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK LIST AND DESCRIPTION 63 and Rails, both in general structure and also in size. They areaquatic in habit, having lobed or semi-webbed feet. They arefairly good swimmers but not equal to Ducks. Unlike Loonsand Grebes they are not adept divers. The wings of Coots aresmall in proportion to their bodies, hence they are slow andrather clumsy, both in rising from the water and in flight. Theirlegs are too short to place them with the waders, but notwith-standing their apparent defects they hold their own fairly this is partly due to the fact that their flesh is not es-teemed for food. • In regard to the quality of the flesh and the feedinghabits of the Coot we quote Mr. H. Waltan Clark in Birds andNature, Vol. Ill, page 131: During the first few weeks aftertheir arrival in the spring the Coots find plenty of dainty tit bitsof succulent vegetation, and they are then very good eating. Hewho feasts on them at this time is likely to think of Mud-henwith the ac
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