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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Group 4. Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 



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Virginia Rail. 



Kitiir Rail. 



Black Rail. 



Sora Rail. 



Breast, tiuj^i-d with rufous cliecks ; rut'oii.s throat, wiiitisli; hack, .streaked; hill, long and 

 sliglitly curved. TtalliDi dcrjans. King Rail. 



See No. 1 (;."). 



SUBi-AMILY FULiClN/E. 

 Coots. 



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

 webs; head, blackish; back, dark slaty graj- ; uuderparts, dark ash gray, wliitish, on abdomen. 



Fulka amnimna. American Coot, flud Hen. Blue Peter. 



See No. 178. 



Fur directions for measurement, see page 9. 



