FAM. XLI. PHALAROPES 



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The toes have broad, rounded lobes. 



as though it were land. 

 (Gray Phalarope.) 



Length, 7i-8| ; wing, b\ (S-S^) ; tail, 2i ; tarsus, |; culmen, |. North- 

 ern parts of the northern hemispliere ; breeding far north, and wintering 

 irregularly south to the Middle States, Ohio Valley, and Cape St. Lucas. 



2. Northern Phalarope (223. Phaldropxs lobcitus). — In sum- 

 mer a common, small, ocean-swimming, slender-billed, brightly 

 marked and colored 



bird, with much of 

 red, black, white, 

 and gray in its plum- 

 age. In winter the 

 upper parts are gray- 

 ish and white. This 

 bird is often seen in 

 great numbers on 

 the ocean, scores of 

 miles from shore, 

 but is rarely seen 

 on land except in 

 its breeding region 

 of the far north. Like the last species, its toes are furnished 

 with broad, rounded lobes. (Red-necked Phalarope.) 



Length, 7-8 ; wing, 4^ (■4-4i) ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, I ; culmen, |. Northern 

 hemisphere ; breeding in the far north, and wintering south to the tropics. 



3. Wilson's Phalarope (224. Stegdnopus tricolor). — This in- 

 land phalarope has 

 its back ashy colored, 

 with two stripes ex- 

 tending from the bill 

 past the eyes along 

 the sides of the back 

 to the rump, black in 

 front, changing to 

 chestnut near the tail. 



Wilson's Phalarope Its lower parts are 



Northern Phalarope 



