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color of the upper parts i U-twc-n ochracoous-buff and cream buff, 

 the feathers with black centers; the wing txi vert* and numi -.1" tin- <{uill* arc 

 pale rufous ; the breast ia pale ochraovous-buff ; the side* are the same, barred 

 with whiu-; the mi-Lllc of tin- U-lly i.-. \\lut.-. 



2 1 8. lonornis mjtrtinica l.im, . I'i KI-I K i MUM-LI. .!/. 

 of the crown with a bare bluish plumU-..u- plate ; re*! !' the head and under 

 part* rich dark purpli*h blue: under tail covert* whiu-; back shining olive- 

 green; wings litflit lilui-. tin^'i-d with greenish ; bill cunniiu-, ti]>|H-<l with pule 

 greeniah (in skina, reddish uraiigc. tip|H-d with yellowish i; legs yellow. 1m. 

 Upper part* more or less wanlu-d with l>if>wmh; uml-r [>urt ..... re or leaa 

 mottled with white; plate on the head itinaller; bill without orange-red. 

 Itowny younij. Ulomy black, head with nunifr<>u whiu-, huirlikc I'ruthen* ; 

 bM of the bill yellowish, i-n.l l.liu-k. L., la-wi; W., 7'lu; Tar., 

 from posterior margin of nontril, -80. 



h'amjf. Tropical America; breed* aa far north an southern Illinois and 

 South Carolina, and rarely strays northward to Wisconsin and Maine; win- 

 ters from southern Florida southward. 



Long Island, A. V. 



AW, a platform of reed stalks built in rushes over the water or in granny 

 marshes. Eyy*, eight to ten, butty white, finely npecklud with rufous-brown, 

 1-60 x 1-15. 



This Is n common bird in the Southern States. It winters from 

 southern Florida southward and migrates northward in April. It is 

 generally found associated with the Florida Gallinule, which it resem- 

 i habits, but its much brighter color is apparent at a distance. 



219. GallinuLa galeata > /./</</.). FLORIDA GALLINCI.E. (See Fig. 

 S8,<) Ad. Dark bluish slate-color; back and scapulars washed with olive- 

 brown; belly whitish ; flanks with a few conspicuous irfiitt *tr*nk* ; under 

 tail-coverts white; crown with a bare, bright -n-.l plutc; bill tin- same color 

 tipj--.l with yellowish ; legs gnt-nish. n-iblish at the tibia-, /in. Similar, but 

 under parts grayish white; crown plate much smaller and with the bill 

 brownish ; no red on the lega. Downy young. tt Glossy black, the lower 

 parts sooty along the median line: throat anil cheeks int-rs|>ersc<l with sil 

 very white hairs" (Ridgw.). L., 13. V>; \V., 7'00; Tar, 2-15; B. from poste- 

 ri'-r margin of nostril, -80. 



R**gt. Temperate and tropical America ; breeds locally as far north as 

 Minnesota and southern Maine; winter* ('mm tin- ilulf States southward. 



Washington, rare T. V., A pi.; Aug. to Oct. Long Island, uncommon 

 May; Sept. ami M. Sin U ' Sim:, rare S. K., Juno 5 to Nov. 6. Cam- 

 bridtfe, uncommon S. K., May 10 to Oct. 1. 



.\*tt, of rushes on a bed of rushes or similar slight elevation in marshes, 

 lagoon*, or swampy lake sides. y<ft. eight to thirteen, burly w liite or ochra- 

 ceoua-buff, apotted and speckled with rufoua-brown, 1-80 x 1-JS5. 



There is something about the ap|>earanre and habits of Gallinules 

 which always suggests to me the thought that they an- rhirkcus who 

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