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railway pie‘ at 'J‘itusrille, Florida. where shooting is prohibited. they are as tame as domestic Ducks. They evidently know the boundary line between safety and danger, however. and when beyond the pro— teeted limits show their usual caution.

(foots swim easily, with a peculiar bobbing motion of the head and neck. \Vhen alarmed they patter over the water, using their feet as much as their wings. The sound produced is a eharaeteristie one.

They are noisy birds, and when alarmed break out into a great chorus of high, eaekling notes which I have, heard at, a distanee ol' half a mile. Their ivory—white bill is an exeellent field mark. and readily serves to distinguish Cools from Gallinules.

The Erma-nu t'oo'r €3.10. I'll/[m til/Vii inhahits the northern parts ot'the ()ltl World. and sometimes oeeurs in Greenlaml. It elosely resembles the Ameriean Coot. but lacks the white markings on the edge of the wing and under tail»co\'erts.

ORDER LIMICOLE. SHORE BIRDS.

FAMILY PHALAROPODIDJE. PHALAROPES.

There are three known metnbers of this family: one is confined to the interior of North America, the other two may be called Sea Snipe, and are found in the northern parts of 1 he northern hemisphere. The webbed feet of these pelagie species enable them to swim with ease, and during their migrations they may be found in floeks resting upon the S‘tl far from land. Their presence on our shores is largely de- pendent upon the weather, and during severe storms many are some- times found upon our coasts. Cont 'ary to the usual rule. the. female in this family is the larger and more brightly Cttlt)l'(’(l—-llltl(‘t‘tl. in the domestie eeonomy of the l’halarope household the female is male. ex— eept in the prime essentials of sex. She does the wooing. takes the lead in selet'ting the nesting site. and. although she lays the eggs. the duties of ineubation fall upon the male.

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,At,llillo\'erl-10 . . . . . . i i . i . . 2'31. Wirsox‘s l’utuutnortc. 1:. Bill under H”. u, liill very slender; wing under 4'73. . . inL Noirrni-azx lill,\l.i\l{t)l‘l‘3. 1;. Bill stout; wing overt-75 . . . . . i i i . 2:2. litin l’Ir\L.\i:oi-r:.

222. Crymophilus fulicarius (Ii/111.1. lttcn l’ll.\t.4\l(nl'l~22 (our

l’ll.‘.[..\t:ttt‘l£. t.\‘ee Fig. 2t}. (1.: .tr/. in NIH/1H!»I'.7'('l‘tt\\'ll and ehin t'useous; t-ltel ks white: hat-k blaek. the feathers bordered with ereamlbntli: wings grit): some of the seeondaries and tips of greater eorerts white: upper tail—