AMERICAN COOT. 

 Len^tli. 15 on inches. Head and neck blackish, body slate; under tail-cov- 

 erts, tips of secondaries, and end of bill white. 



CLAPPER RAIL. 



Lenfftb. 14'50 incbe.'^. ITpper parts pale g:reenisb olive and gray; throat 

 white, hreast pale cinnamon, flanks gray and white. 



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