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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Length, 13.25; Winjz:. 4.50: Tarsus, 1.60; lUll, 1.80. 

 Very small ; throat pale yellow buff ; under 

 parts pale. Ardetta ex i I is. 



Least Bittern. See page 1 16 



Length, 13: Wing, 4.30: Tarsus, r.40: Uill, 1.80. 



Throat and under parts deep chestnut. Ardetta neoxena. 



Cory's Least Bittern. 



See page 1 1 7 



Family GRUID.E. Cranes. 



Grus americana. 



Length. 51: Wing, 25.50; Tarsus, 12; Bill. 5.10. 

 Plumage white ; bare skin of head red. (Young 

 birds have the head feathered.) Grus americana. 



Whooping Crane. See page 1 28 



Length, 45: Wing. 21.50: Tarsus, 10; Bill, 5.50. 

 Plumage gray or brownish gray ; bare skin of 



head red. (Young birds have the head feathered.) Grus mexicana. 



Sandhill Crane. 



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