Gallinules and Coot 



218. Purple Gallinule (lonorms martinica). L. 13. 

 Ads. Crown-plate bluish, bill carmine tipped with 

 greenish; back shining green; below purplish blue; 

 under tail-coverts white. Yng. Above browner; 

 below with white; no red on bill. 



Range. Tropical and subtropical America; breeds only in eastern 

 North America north to southern Illinois and South Carolina, strays 

 to Maine and Wisconsin; winters from southern Florida south to 

 South America. 



219. Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata). L. 

 13.5. Ad. Crown-plate red, bill red tipped with 

 greenish; legs green with a red ring; back olive-brown; 

 flanks slate streaked with white. Yng. Crown-plate 

 smaller with bill brownish; no red on legs; below 

 grayish. Notes. An explosive chuck and many loud 

 and varied calls suggesting a disturbed brooding hen, 

 the squawking of a struggling hen, etc. 



Range. Temperate and tropical America; breeds locally north to 

 Maine, Montreal, Minnesota, and northern California; winters from 

 Gulf States and California southward. 



221. American Coot (Fulica americana). L. 15. 

 Toes with scallops. Ads. Bill whitish; crown-plate 

 and two spots on bill brownish; head and neck black; 

 rest of plumage slate. Yng. Whiter below, browner 

 above, crown-plate smaller. Notes. An explosive 

 cuck and noisy cackling notes. 



Range. North America; breeds in the interior (chiefly northward) 

 north to the Mackenzie and on Pacific coast to British Columbia; 

 winters from British Columbia and Gulf States south to Central 

 America and West Indies. 



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