^"''"'^^''" AMERICAN COOT. 



U'Ufrth. l.vno inchf's. Il.-a.l a.i.l n.-ck blackish, body slate ; under tail-cov- 

 erts, tips of secondaries, and end of bill white. 



CLAPPER RAIL. 

 Lrn^th. 11 .^0 in.hes. Upi^r parts pale greenish olive and ^ray; throat 

 whitr, breast pal*- einnani<.n, flanks ^'ray and white. 



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