Jan., iqoq. Birds ok Ili.in'ois and Wisconsin -Cory. 370 



Siihorcier KALi.1. Rails, (Killiiuiles, Coots, etc. 



Family ARAMID.^.. C-oiirhins or Limpkins. 



The Limpkins arc closely allii'il to tlic Cranes ostcologically, but 

 differ widely in habits, in the latter reseniblino- both the Rails and 

 Herons. They frequent swanij)s and streams and like herons are 

 perfectly at home in trees. Their ery is a mouniful wailing note, 

 from which it is called "crying bird" in some i)arls of (he soutli, csiie- 

 cially in Florida, where it is also known as bimpkin, iVom its preuiiai- 

 style of walking. They eat large nunil)trs ol" land snails (. 1 iiijiitllaiui). 

 The tip of the lower mandible is bent sideways, caused, it is claimed, 

 by forcing the bill into the spiral shell to extract the animal. The 

 single genus belongin.s; ti> lliis family comprises but two known species. 



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Linipkin. 



