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KEY TO TIIK BIRDS OF EASTEUN NOltTII AMRKICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 



Virginia Rail. 



Ivinir Rail. 



niack Rail. 



Sora Rail. 



Hre;i.st, tin<(0(l with rufous checks; iiitous throat, whitish ; hai'k, streaked; l)ill, loii<; and 

 slightly curved. I^alhis clegatis. King Rail. 



See No. 1 (■>."). 



SUBFAMILY FULICIN/E. 

 Coots. 



I'.ill, short and i)()inte<l; forcliead, with more or less of a shield; toe.'*, with lari,^! lohatc 

 welis; liead, blackish; l)acl;, d.irk slat}' gray ; underitaits. dark asli -iray, whitish, on abdomen. 



Fnlicii (unrrinuut. American Coot. Hud Hen. Blue Peter. 



See No. 178. 



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* For iliroi'tions lor iiicubiircment, see page ',). 



