BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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under mandible, paler at base; legs and feet, brownish- 

 green. Length, about fourteen inches. 



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The Red-necked Phalarope {Phalaropus hyperboreus, Lin- 

 naeus) is a summer migrant to the British Islands, but 

 has not occurred in Ireland. It is also met with in the 

 Northern Palearctic Region and Nearctic Region. The 

 adult female in nuptial plumage has the top and sides of 

 head, nape, hinder portion of neck, and most of upper 

 parts, dull slate-grey, changing into brown on wings and 

 rectrices ; scapulars, marked with deep rufous ; greater 

 wing-coverts, broadly tipped with white ; innermost second- 

 aries, narrowly tipped with white; upper tail-coverts have 

 broad white bars ; patch over eye and chin, white ; front of 

 neck and sides, deep rufous ; middle of breast and upper 

 breast, slaty-grey; rest of under parts, white; irides, brown; 

 bill, black ; legs and feet, greyish-olive. Length, about 

 seven inches. The male is a little less in size and duller 

 in colouration. 



