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AMERICAN OCOOT. 
Length, 15-00 inches. Head and neck blackish, body slate ; under tail 
coverts, tips of secondaries, and end of bill white. 
CLAPPER RAIL. 
“Length, 14°50 inches. Upper parts pale greenish olive and gray; throat 
white, breast pale cinnamon, flanks gray and white. 
