Plate VIII. 



AMEEICAN COOT. 



Page 94. 



Length, 15-00 inches. Head and neck blackish, body slate ; under tail 

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



CLAPPEE RAIL. 



Length, 14-50 inches. Upper parts pale greenish olive and gray; throat 

 white, breast pale cinnamon, flanks gray and white. 



