282 PHALAROPINjE. PHALAROPES, &e. 



margin. Legs short, extremely slender ; tarsus much com- 

 pressed, anteriorly scutellatc ; first toe diminutive ; anterior 

 toes of moderate length, connected at the base by webs, and 

 laterally margined with a lobed membrane Wings long, 

 pointed ; tail short, rounded. 



1. Phalaropus lobatus. Grey Phalarope. In winter, the 

 back pale blue ; the occiput and a line down the back of the 

 neck greyish-black ; the lower parts, forehead, and cheeks 

 white. In summer, the upper parts dark brown, the feathers 

 edged with yellowish-red ; the lower parts light red. 



GEXTJS II. LOBIPES. LOBE-FOOT. 



Bill rather longer than the head, straight or very slightly 

 bent upwards, very slender, depressed, tapering, the ridge 

 convex, flattened at the base, the nasal groove extending 

 nearly to the end, the tip slender and pointed. Nostrils 

 basal, linear. Legs of moderate length, slender ; tarsus 

 much compressed, thin-edged anteriorly ; first toe diminu- 

 tive ; anterior toes of moderate length, connected at the base 

 by webs, of which the outer is longer, and laterally margined 

 with a lobed and pectinated membrane. Wings long, 

 pointed ; tail rather short, much rounded. 



1. Lobipes hyperboreus. Red-necked Lobe-foot. In winter, 

 the back greyish-black, streaked with white ; upper part of 

 the head, a narrow band along the hind-neck, and a band 

 below the eyes blaekish-grey ; lower parts white. In summer, 

 the upper parts blackish-grey, the feathers edged with light 

 red ; of which colour are the sides and fore part of the neck ; 

 sides grey, with a white band ; the rest of the lower parts 

 white. 



