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572. Virginian Rail—RALLUS VIRGINIANUS. Cream or buff, sparsely 
spotted with reddish-brown and obscure lilac; eight; 1.25 by g5,v. Nests 
on the ground in marshy places. U. Ss. 
574. Sora Rail—porZANA CAROLINA. Grayish or drab, spotted with 
reddish-brown, oval; six to ten; 1.20 by .go. Like all the others of this 
family the nest is placed on the ground in marshy places. Temperate N. A. 
575. Little Yellow Rai!—porRZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. Rich buffy- 
brown, marked at the larger end with a cluster of reddish-brown dots, 
oval; 1.15 by .85. Nests on the ground in marshy places. E. N. A. 
576. Little Black Rail — PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. Creamy-white, 
sprinkled all over with fine dots of rich, bright reddish-brown, oval; six to 
eight; 1.05 by .80. Nests on the ground in marshy places. 
Middle and Southern States on the Atlantic. 
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578. Purple Gallinule—ronorNIS MARTINICA. Creamy, finely and 
rather sparsely dotted with chestnut-brown and umber, rather elliptical; 
six; 1.70 by 1.15,v7. Nests in marshy places on .the ground in tall 
grasses and weeds. South Atlantic and Gulf States. 
579. Florida. Gallinule—GALLINULA GALEATA. Creamy or. brownish- 
buff, rather thickly spotted with brown and umber, oval; eight to ten; 
1.78 by 1.25,v. Nests on the ground in marshy’places among the tall 
grasses. (See Notes.) U. S., Southerly. 
580. American Coot—FULICA AMERICANA. Clay or creamy-white, 
uniformly and finely dotted all over with specks of dark-brown and black- 
ish, oval; six to twelve; 2. by 1.25. The nest of the Coot is placed on 
floating vegetation or on the ground in marshy places. Entire temperate N. A. 
581. The Limpkin—aramus picrus. Ashy-yellow, lined, sprinkled, 
spotted and blotched with reddish-brown and umber, rather elliptical; ten 
to fifteen; 2.35 by 1.78. The nest of this bird is placed on bushes which 
overhang water. Florida and West Indies. 
582. \Vhooping Crane —GRUS AMERICANA. Light brownish drab, 
sparsely marked, except at the greater end, with large irregular spots of a 
pale dull chocolate-brown and obscure ~shell-markings, elliptical; the shell 
is very rough, is covered with numerous elevations like little warts; two; 
3.90 by 2.62,v. Nests on the grouna in marshy places. Temperate N, A. 
583. Sandhill Crane—Grus CANADENSIS. Ashy-yellow, spotted and 
blotched with reddish-brown, of the same general character as those of the 
preceding species, rather elliptical; 3.42 by 2.15,7. This bird constructs 
its nest in shallow water by heaping up a mass of mud, roots, grass, 
