274 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
wing coverts brownish or dusky with white tips; axilars and under surface of wings barred with 
biack; upper tail coverts tawny brown barred with black; tail feathers chestnut brown with 
subterminal black bar; tips white and feathers marked with black at the base; under parts 
white; breast and throat speckled and lined with brown; sides of the body brownish barred 
with dull black. 
Length, 11; Wing, 5; Tail, 2.20; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 2.40 to 2.60. 
Gallinago delicata. 
Ranges from Hudson Bay and Labrador south to South America. Breeds 
from New England northward. This species is common in Florida in win- 
ter, where it is found in great numbers on the fresh water marshes. It is 
common on the New England coast in the spring and fall, and occasionally 
a few remain to breed. 
