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KFA" TO THE lURDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ARAHID/E. 

 Courlans. Limpkins. 



Bill, over 3 inches long; tarsus, under 7; wing, under 16; toes, four, 

 no comb like edge on inner side of middle toe nail; hind toe, raised above 

 level of front toes. 



L5;''*'i^'-i*^l- . 



(ieaoA-id plumage, dark olive brown, streaked and marked with pure wliite ; tail, purplish 

 Ijiijwii, slKjwiii^ metallic gloss when IksIiI in the light; Ceiithers of the back, breast, anil 

 wing eoverts, brown, with white stripe in niiilille ot each fe.ather; tip of lower uianilil)le often 

 sligbtly twisted. Occurs in Atlantic States only in Florida. Animas ijiiiuiiteus. Llmpkin. 



See No. 164. 



