KEY TO FAMILIES. WATEK JUIIDS. 



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Section 2. Hind toe, on levei with front toes. 



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Toes, long iiud slender; bill, short and pointed; a bare shield or plate on lorehcad ; winj;, 

 about 7 inches long, earpus (bend of wing) to tip; under tail coverts, wliite. 



Family RALLID/E. Subfamily GALLINULIN/E. 

 Purple Oallinule, or Florida Gallinule. 



See page 100. 



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UiU, nearly straight and sharply pointed: inner side of middle toe nail, with distinct comli- 

 like edge; toes, four, all on same level. Rittenis, tail with ten feathers. Herons, tail with 

 twelve feathers. Family ARDEID.E. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns. 



See page 89. 



