The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Groups of coots are called covers or rafts.
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“The American man is a very simple and cheap mechanism. The American woman I find a complicated and expensive one. Contrasts of feminine types are possible. I am not absolutely sure that there is more than one American man.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
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