KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. IVs 
SupraAmMity GALLINULINE. GatLtinutes. 
Ionornis martinica. Jonornis martinica. 
Length, 11; Wing, 7; Bill, 1.80; Tarsus, 2.40. Gene 
eral color purplish blue; toes without lobate 
webs; legs and feet yellow. lonornis martinica. 
Purple Gallinule. See page 2608 
Length, 12; Wing, 7.10; Bill, 1.80; Tarsus, 2.25. 
General color olive brown and gray; frontal 
shield and most of bill red; toes without lobate 
webs ; legs and feet greenish, showing scarlet on 
upper portion of tibia. Gallinula galeata. 
Florida Gallinule. See page 268 
SuBFAMILY FULICINE. 
Fulica americana. Fulica americana, 
Length, 15.50; Wing. 7.40; Tarsus, 2.20. Toes with 
lobate webs; legs greenish; basal portion of 
bill and frontal shield white; general plumage 
slate color; head blackish. Fulica americana. 
American Coot, Mud-hen. 
See page 26y 
