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g. Crown greenish, 

 h. Legs and bill long; neck chestnut; belly 



gray; wader Green Heron, 

 hh. Legs and bill short ; belly white ; swimmer 



Wood Duck, 

 gg. Crown brownish, 

 h. Length 25 in. Merganser. 9 

 hh. Length 1 8 in. Hooded Merganser. 9 

 ee. Not crested, 

 f. Breast brown; belly clear white Old Squaw, 



in winter, 

 ff. Under parts white with one or two black 



bands on breast, 

 g. Breast crossed by a single black band 



Wilson's Plover, 

 gg. Breast crossed by two black bands; rump 



rufous Killdeer. 

 fff. Belly not clear white. 

 g. White throat sharply defined, slightly 



crested; bill short, 

 h. Feet unwebbed Bob White, 

 hh. Feet webbed Canada Goose, 

 gg. White throat, not sharply denned, 

 h. Breast cinnamon or rufous; bill long and 



thin. 



i. Length 15 in. King Rail, 

 ii. Length 9.5 in. Virginia Rail, 

 hh. Under parts ochraceous-buff; bill short 



and thick Yellow Rail, 

 hhh. Breast and back light gray; bill long 



and slender Clapper Rail, 

 dddd. Throat spotted or streaked. 

 e. Toes webbed; bill thick Bald-pate, 

 ee. Toes unwebbed; bill slender Sanderling. 

 ddddd. 



e. Bill slender ; toes unwebbed Purple Sandpiper, 

 ee. Bill thick; toes unwebbed Blue- winged Teal, 

 dddddd. 



e. Larger Greater Scaup Duck. 9 

 ee. Smaller Lesser Scaup Duck. 9 



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