mus, GALHNL’LES, AND eoo'rs. 145 
     
    
   
   
    
     general color of the upper parts is between oeliraeeousdinff and cream-butt7 
     
     the feathers wi-th lilaek centers; the \\'lllg~cu\'t‘l't$ and most of the quills are 
     
     pale rufous; the hreast is pale oehraeeousdunl'; the sides are the same7 barred 
     
     with white; the middle ol'tlle belly is white. 
     
    
   
   
    
     218. Ionornismartinicat Linn). l’rmuJ-J CALLINI'LH. JIL—Front 
     
     of the crown with a hare lnluish plnmheous plate: rest of the head and under 
     
     parts rieh dark purplish blue; under tail»eo\‘erts white: haelt shining olive— 
     
     green; wings light hlue. tinged with greenish; hill eai‘iiiine.tippe«l with pale 
     
     greenish (in skins, reddish orange, tipped with yellowishi; legs yellow. 1m. 
     
     fiL'pper parts more or less washed with hrownish; under parts more or less 
     
     mottled with white; plate on the head smaller; hill without orange-red. 
     
     Jimmy yin/Inf/x-(ilossy h1ael<. head with numerous white. hairlike feathers; 
     
     base of the hill yellowish, end lilaek. L.. 13‘01); W., 710; Tan, 2'40; B. 
     
     from posterior margin of nostril, ‘80. 
     
    

    
     IA‘IIIIII/(;.#'1‘I"llllk‘ill America: breeds as far north as southern Illinois and 
     
     South Carolina. and rarely strays northward to Wisconsin and Maine; win— 
     
     ters from southern Florida southward. 
     
    

    
     1.01)}: Island. A. V. 
     
    

    
     list, a platform of reed stalks liuilt in rushes over the water or in grassy 
     
     marshes. III/gm, eight to ten, bully white, finely speckled with rut'ousdirown, 
     
     1'60 x 1'15. 
     
    

    
     This is a common bird in the Southern States. It winters from 
     
     southern Florida southward and migrates northward in April. It is 
     
     generally found associated with the Florida Gallinule, which it resem- 
     
     bles in hahits, but its much brighter color is apparent at a distance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     219. Gallinula. galeata, (Held). FLORIDA GALLINl'lJi. (See Fig. 
     
     211/.) .-lv/.~vl)ark hluish slatereolor; hack and seapulars washed with olive— 
     
     lirown; lu-lly whitish; flanks with a few eouspieuons white strwll‘x; under 
     
     tail~eo\‘erts white; own with a hare. hright—red plate: hill the ante color 
     
     tipped with yellowish: legs greenish. reddish at the tiliim. Im.~Similar, but 
     
     under parts grayish white; crown plate much smaller and with the hill 
     
     brownish; no red on the legs. DUI/my ‘I/Illlllfl.#“(lll0$$.\' hlaek. the lower 
     
     parts sooty along the median line: throat and eheeks interspersed with sil— 
     
     very white hairs " tllidngi. L., 13-30; \\'.. 7'00; Tar., 215; B. from poste- 
     
     rior margin of nostril, ~so. 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     li'rm(/r.‘Temperate and tropieal .\nieri -a: ln‘eeds loeally as far north as 
     
     Minnesota and southern Maine; winters from the Gulf States southward. 
     
    

    
     Washington. rare 'l‘. V.. ;\pl.: Aug. to (let. Long Island. uneommon 
     
     '1‘. Vi. May: Sept. and llet. Sin;r Sing. rare S. 13., June 5 to Nov. 5. Chill- 
     
     hrivle‘e. mieommou S. 12.. May 10 to Her. 1. 
     
    

    
     .\':.\-l. of rushes on a hed of rushes or similar slight elevation in marshes, 
     
     lagoons. or swampy lake sides. lilo/s. eight to thirteen. hutl'y white or oehru- 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     eeo‘is-lrull'. spotted and speekled with rutIius-lu‘own. l'to x 1 ) 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is something about the appearance and habits of Gallinules 
     
     whieh always suggests to me the thought that they are chickens who 
     
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