KEY 'i"o Tin<: wA'ri<:R iurt^s (u-- i-i.okida. 

 Subfamily GALLINULIN^. Gallixui.es. 



onornis martinica. 



Length, II : Wing. 7 ; Bill, 1.80; Tarsus, 2.40. Gen- 

 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. 

 Purple (jallinule. St 



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Qallinula galeata. 



Florida Gallinule. See ])age 268 



SUHFAMILY FULICIN.^. 



Fulica 



amencaiia 



Lengtli. 15.50 : Wing. 7.40 : Tarsus. 2.20. Toes with 

 lobate webs; legs greenish-. l)asal portion of 

 bill and frontal shield white : general plumage 

 slate color: head blackish. 



Fulica americana. 



Fulica americana. 

 American Coot, Mud=hen. 



See page 261; 



