Gallinules and Coot 



218. Purple Gallinule {lonornis marUnica). L. 13. 

 Ads. Crown-plate bluish, bill 'larmine tipped with 

 greenish, back shining green; below ptirplish blue; 

 under tail-coverts white. Yn^. Above browner; 

 below with white; no red on bill. 



Range- - Tiopica! and subtropical America; breeds Only In taSl^i'tl 

 Noflh Amtrka north to southern HHnoij and SouPh Carolina, strays 

 to Maln« Awi WUi^onsln: winters from southern Florida, south to 

 South America. 



2 19. Florida Galllnule {Gallinula gahata), I,. 

 IJ.5. Ad. Crown-plate red, bill reef tipped with 

 greenibli; legs green with a red ring; back olive-bruwn; 

 Banks slate streaked with whiU. Yng. Crown-plate 

 smaller with bill brownish; no red on le'gs; below 

 grayish. NoUs. An explosive ckuc^h and many loud 

 and varied calls suggesting a disturbed brooding hen, 

 the squawking of a struggling hen, etc. 



Rang-*. — Tennperate and tropical America; bi^eeds locally noiih tO 

 Maine, Montreal. Minntiota. and northern California; winters frOm 

 Gulf States and California southward. 



221. American Coot {Fulica aw^rimna). L. 15. 

 Toes with scallops. Ads. Bill whitish; crown-plate 

 and two spots on bill brownish; head and neck black; 

 rest of plumage slate. Yng. Whiter below, browner 

 above, crown-plate smaller. Notes. An explosive 

 eitck and noisy cackling notes. 



Ra rigs.— North America: breeds in the Interior (chiefly northward) 

 north to the Mackeniie and on Pacific coa5t to British Columbia; 

 winter? from Rritish Columbia and Gulf States south to Central 

 America and West Indies. 



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