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Subfamily FULICIN^. Coots. 



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

 toes, with large lobate webs; head, blackish; back, dark slaty gray; 

 under parts, dark ash gray, whitish on abdomen. 



Fulica americana. 



American Coot. Mud Hen. Blue Peter. 

 See No. 101. 



Subfamily GALLINULIN^E. Gallinules. 



Toes, not webbed; no white on sides of body; head and breast, 

 purplish blue ; back, greenish. lonornis martinica. 



Purple Gajlinule. 

 See No. 99. 



