96 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, 
FAMILY ARAIMMID-E. 
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, 
General plumage, dark olive brown, streaked and marked with pure white; tail, purplish 
brown, showing metallic gloss when held in the light; feathers of the back, breast, and 
Wing coverts, brown, with white stripe in middle of each feather; tip of lower mandible often 
slightly twisted. Occurs in Atlantic States only in Florida. Aramus giganteus. Limpkin. 
See No. 164. 
