154 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



61. Florida Gallinule. 



Length about 14 inches. Bill about If inches 

 long. Summer adult : Bill and frontal shield bright 

 vermilion-red, bill tipped with greenish-yellow, 

 above plumbeous, with brown on back, edge ot 

 wing, and stripes on flanks white, lower parts 

 plumbeous. Young : Frontal shield rudimentary, 

 bill brownish, lower parts suffused with whitish. 



62. American Coot. 



Length about 16 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Uniform slaty, head and neck darker. Bill 

 milk-white, with dark-brawnish near end, frontal 

 shield dark-brown. Young : Similar, but lower 

 parts suffused with whitish, frontal shield rudi- 

 mentary, bill dull flesh-colour, tinged with olive- 

 greenish, without spots at end. 



63. Northern Phalarope. 



Length about 8 inches. Bill slender, about J-inch 

 long. Adult female : Above, dark plumbeous, back 

 striped with ochraceous, greater coverts tipped with 

 white, lower parts white, chest and sides of neck 

 rufous, feet webbed. Adult male : Similar to the 

 female, but colours duller. Young : Top of head 

 dusky, back blackish, bordered with buff, forehead 

 and lower parts white. 



