KEY TO FAMILIES. WATKR BIRDS. 



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



'I'oes, loug nml sleuiler; bill, short mid pointed; a bare shield or plate ou I'drehiiad; wiu-, 

 about 7 iuehes long, carpus (bend of wiu^) to tip; under tail coverts, wliite. 



Family RALLID.*. Subfamity GALLINULIN/€. 

 Purple Qallinule, or Florida Gallinule. 



See page TOO. 



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Bill, nearly straiglit and sliarply jjointed; inner side ot middle toe nail, witli di~liuet coniii- 

 like edge; toes, four, all on same level, liitterns, tad witli ten fe:itliers. Herons, tail witli 

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



See page 89. 



