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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ARAHID^. 



Courlans. Limpkins. 



Bill, over 3 inches long; tarsus, under 7; wing, under 16; toes, four, 

 no comb-like edge on inner side of middle toe nail; hind toe, raised above 

 level of front toes. 



Geaeral plumage, dark olive brown, streaked and marked with pure white; tail, purplish 

 hmwu sliowiug inetallic gloss when held iu the light; feathers of the back, breast, aad 

 wingcovert-*, browu, with white stripe iu middh; of each feather; tip of lower inaudible often 

 slightly twisted. Occurs iu Atlantic States only iu Florida. Aranius ijlifanteus. Llmpkin. 



See No. 164. 



