KEY TO FAM1LIK.S. WATER BIRDS. 



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Section 2. Hind toe, on level with front toes. 



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Toes, loug aiui slender; bill, short jiiid i)ointed; !i bnre sliield or plate on iorehead: wini;-, 

 ahont 7 inches long-, carpus (bend of wini;) to tij): under tail coverts, wliite. 



Family RALLID^. Subfamily GALLINULIN/E. 

 Purple (jallinule, or Florida Gallinule. 



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Hill, nearly straight and sharjjly i)oiiited ; inner side of niiildletoe nail, with distinct conih- 

 iike edge; toes, four, all ou same level. Kitlerns, tail with ten leathers. Herons, tail with 

 twelve feath.rs. Family ARDF:iD-JZ. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns. 



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