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Bird field guide > Bird identification [C-D] > Coot, American bird pictures
Coot, American bird pictures
AMERICAN COOT
221. Fulica americana. 15 inches.
Head and neck nearly black, shading into a gray over the whole bird. Toes lobed and scalloped along the edge; bill white with a blackish band near the tip; shield narrow and brownish, ending in a point.
Nest. - This is placed in the same localities as are the Rails, and they have the same retiring habits.
Six to fifteen eggs of a grayish color finely specked all over with black or brown (1.80 x 1.30).
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