. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . riorida Gallimile Length, ; wing, 7 (6i-7i) ; tail, 2f ; tarsus, 2\ ; culmen, If. Tem-perate and tropical America ; breeding north to Canada and winteringfrom the Gulf States to Brazil. 11. American Coot (221. Fhlica americcina).—A common,large, noisy, short-tailed, short-billed, long-legged, dark slate-colored, swimming bird, with white under tail coverts, whitebill, and blackish head and neck. The long toes have broad,scalloped lobes along their edges. When swimm
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . riorida Gallimile Length, ; wing, 7 (6i-7i) ; tail, 2f ; tarsus, 2\ ; culmen, If. Tem-perate and tropical America ; breeding north to Canada and winteringfrom the Gulf States to Brazil. 11. American Coot (221. Fhlica americcina).—A common,large, noisy, short-tailed, short-billed, long-legged, dark slate-colored, swimming bird, with white under tail coverts, whitebill, and blackish head and neck. The long toes have broad,scalloped lobes along their edges. When swimming, thisbird bobs its head in a peculiar manner; Avhen disturbed, itpartly flies and partly swims just over the surface of the 260 KEY AND DESCRIPTION water, giving out a characteristic pattering noise. (]\[ud Hen;Crow Duck ; Blue Peter.). 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
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