. Color key to North American birds; with bibliographical appendix . CLAPPER RAIL. 20 Synopsis of Orders and AMERICAN COOT. Fnmily 2^. RAILS, COOTS, AND GALLINULKS. variable; toes always long, webbed flobedj in only one species; wings short androunded; tail short. Ordrr IX. Sntprs, Sanbpipkrs, Curlews, Plovfrs, Etc. LIMICOL^. .(7 families, 55 species, 4 subspecies.) Generally long-legged, slender-billed birds of shores and mud flats,and sometimes fields. Most of them are under a foot in length; noneare so large as the Ibises; wings long and pointed; tail short; toes lo
. Color key to North American birds; with bibliographical appendix . CLAPPER RAIL. 20 Synopsis of Orders and AMERICAN COOT. Fnmily 2^. RAILS, COOTS, AND GALLINULKS. variable; toes always long, webbed flobedj in only one species; wings short androunded; tail short. Ordrr IX. Sntprs, Sanbpipkrs, Curlews, Plovfrs, Etc. LIMICOL^. .(7 families, 55 species, 4 subspecies.) Generally long-legged, slender-billed birds of shores and mud flats,and sometimes fields. Most of them are under a foot in length; noneare so large as the Ibises; wings long and pointed; tail short; toes longand slendsr, usually without webs; color generally brown or blackishabove, mottled and streaked with whitish and fcu3. Many speciesutter characteristic piping whistles as they fly or when they take wing.
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