KEY TO TIIK WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Subfamily GALLINULIN.^. Galli.xfles. 



lonornis martinica. 



Length, II ; Wing, 7 ; Bill, 1.80; Tarsus, 2.40. Qen= 

 eral color purplish blue; toes without lobate 

 webs ; legs and feet yellow. 



Length, 12; Wing, 7.10; Bill, i.So: Tarsus, 2.25. 

 General color olive brown and gray ; frontal 

 shield and most of bill red ; toes without lobate 

 webs ; legs and feet greenish, showing scarlet on 

 upper portion of tibia. 



lonornis martinica. 



lonornis martinica. 



Purple Galiinule. St-e page i3C> 



Gallinula galeata. 



Florida Galiinule. See page 136 



Subfamily FULICIN.^. 



Fulica americana. 



Length. 15.50 : Wing, 7.40 ; Tarsus. 2.20. Toes with 

 lobate webs ; legs greenish ; basal portion of 

 bill and frontal shield white; general plumage 

 slate color ; head blackish. 



Fulica americana. 



Fulica americana. 

 American Coot, Mud=hen. 



See page 1J7 



