238 LOBE-FOOTED BIRDS. 



many are equally rare as in the United States, and they 

 have been known sometimes to stray into Switzerland, 

 having been shot on the lake of Geneva. 



The length of the Red Phalarope is from 7 to 7^ inches, (near 9 

 inches Temm !) Bill measured from above, 10 lines, tarsus the same 

 length. Summit of the head, occiput and nape, of a pure ash-color : 

 a large patch of greyish-black over the orifice of the ears ; two 

 bands of this color originating towards the eyes, pass over the hind- 

 head, where they constitute a single band, which descends along 

 the nape. Sides of the breast, back, scapulars and rump, of a fine 

 bluish-ash (like the mantle of some of the Gulls,) some blackish 

 stains occupy the centre of all these feathers and continue along 

 the shafts : the longest of the scapulars are tipped with white : there 

 is a transverse white band upon the wing. Tail feathers blackish- 

 brown, bordered with cinereous. Front, sides of the neck, middle 

 of the breast, and all the other lower parts pure white. Bill yellow- 

 ish-red at the base, but brown towards the point. Iris reddish- 

 yellow. Feet greenish-grey. — The adults of both sexes in lointer 

 plumage. — Phalaropus lohatus, Lath. Ind. ii. p. 776. sp. 2. 



The young before moulting. Upon the occiput a blackish patch in 

 the form of a horse-shoe } a band of the same color also over the 

 eyes. Nape, back, scapulars, upper tail coverts, and the feathers of 

 the tail ashy-brown. The plumage of the back, scapulars, and 

 middle tail feathers widely bordered with yellowish. Rump white, 

 varied with dark brown. Secondaries and primaries fringed with 

 white, their coverts bordered and terminated with yellowish- white ; 

 a transverse white band upon the wing. Front, throat, sides and 

 front of the neck, breast, and other lower parts, pure white. Feet 

 greenish-yellow. Bill ashy -brown. — It is then Tringa lobata, Lepe- 

 CHiN, and Gj-ey Phalarope of Lath. Syn. v. p. 272. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool, 12C. t. E. i. fig. 3. 



Summer and mtptlal plumage of the adults. — Head, nape, back, 

 scapulars, and upper tail coverts blackish-brown ; all the feathers of 

 tliese parts surrounded with wide orange-rufous borders. A yellow- 

 ish band above the eyes. Wing coverts blackish, tipped with white. 

 A transverse white band on the wing. Rump white, spotted with 

 black. Fore part of the neck, breast, belly, and lower tail coverts, 

 bright rufous or brick-red. — Tringa fulicaria, Brun:^. Orn. Boreal. 



