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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 



Virginia Rail. 



King Rail. 



Black Rail. 



Rail. 



Breast, tinged with rufous cheeks; rufous throat, whitish; hack, streaked; bill, long and 

 slightly curved. Jtallus elegans. King Rail. 



See No. 1 <'>"). 



SUBFAMILY FULICIN/E. 



Coots. 



Bill, short and pointed ; forehead, with more or less of a shield ; toes, with large lobate 

 webs; head, blackish; back, dark slaty gray; uuderparts, dark ash gray, whitish, on abdomen. 



Fulica amrricana. American Coot, flud Hen. Blue Peter. 



See Xo. 178. 



* Fur directions for measurement, see page 9. 



