536 Capt. SaniNz's Memoir of the Birds of Greenland, 4c. 
12. PHALAROPUS Pratyryncuos. Flat-billed Phalarope. 
 Phalaropus Platyrynchos. Temm. 459. 
SUMMER. Tringa Fulicaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. vol.i.249.  Brün. no. 172. 
Fabr.111. Müll. no. 196.—Tringa Hyperborea, var... Gmel.1.676.— Red Pha- 
larope female. Lath. Syn. v. 271. | 
WINTER. Phalaropus Lobatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. à. 776.—Tringa Lobata. 
Gmel. i. 674. Mull. no. 195.—Grey Phalarope. Br. Zool. ii. 123. Lath. Syn. v. 
979. Arct. Sool. ii. 494. Mont. Dict.—Grey Phalarope. Wil. Am. Orn. ix. 72. 
IN CHANGE. Phalaropus Glacialis. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 776.—Tringa Glacia- 
lis. Gmel. i. 675.—Plain Phalarope. Lath. Syn. v. 273. Arct. Zool. ii. 495 Grey 
Phalarope. Mont. App. 
-YovwG. Tringa Lobata, var. 8. Gmel. i. 674. 
However unwilling I feel to admit alterations in names, I am 
induced to do so in the present instance, and to adopt Tem- 
minck's specific appellation, both as appropriate, and distinct 
from the confusion in which the various other synonyms which 
are referred to are involved. "The specimen from which the ac- 
count is taken was killed on the 10th of June, out of a flock of 
four, on the west coast of Greenland, in latitude 68°. They were 
swimming in the sea, amongst icebergs three or four miles from 
the shore. From the considerable difference between the summer 
and winter plumage of this bird, it is not surprising that so many 
mistakes have been made. My specimen, which was a male, agrees 
with Temminck's description of the full-plumaged bird in sum- 
mer, except that the whole under parts have a considerable 
quantity of white mixed with the brick red, the white being 
rather predominant. Before I had an opportunity of consulting 
the Manuel d'Ornithologie, which confirmed my opinion, I had 
arrived at the conclusion that the Tringa Fulicaria of Brünnich 
was this bird: his accurate description of the bill left no doubt in 
my mind, notwithstanding the difference in the plumage, the 
consequence of season. Fabricius enumerates the Tringa Fulicaria 
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