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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ARAHID^E, 

 Courlans. Limpkins. 



Bill, over 3 inches long; tarsus, under 7; wing, under 16; toes, four, 

 no comb- like edge on inner side of middle toe nail ; hind toe, raised above 

 level of front toes. 



General plumage, dark olive brown, streaked and marked with pure white ; tail, purplish 

 brown, showing metallic gloss when held in the light; feathers of the back, breast, and 

 wiug coverts, brown, with white stripe in middle of each feather; tip of lower mandible often 

 slightly twisted. Occurs in Atlantic States only in Florida. Aranius giganteus. Limpkin. 



See No. 164. 



