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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Wing coverts brownish or dusky with white tips ; axilars and under surface of wings l^arred with 

 black ; upper tail coverts tawny brown barred with black ; tail feathers chestnut brown with 

 subterminal black bar; tips white and feathers marked with black at the base; under parts 

 white ; breast and throat speckled and lined with brown ; sides of the body brownish barred 

 with dull black. 



Length, ii; Wing. 5; Tail, 2.20: Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 2.40 to 2.60. 



Gallinago delicata. 



Ranges from*Hudson Ba}^ and Labrador south to South America. Breeds 

 from New England northward. This species is common in Florida in win- 

 ter, where it is found in great numbers on the fresh water marshes. It is 

 common on the New England coast in the spring and fall, and occasionally 

 a few remain to breed. 



