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PHALAROPUS LOBATUS. THE GREY 

 PHALAROPE. 



11ED PHALAROPE. GREY PIIALAROPE. COOT-FOOT. 



Tringa lobata. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 249. "Winter. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Lath. Ind. Orn II. 776. Winter. 



Tringa fulicaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 249. Summer. 



Phalaropus glacialis. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 776. 



Grey Phalarope. Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supplt. 



Phalarope platyrinque. Phalaropus platyrinchus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



II. 712. 

 Phalaropus lobatus. Grey Phalarope. Flem. Brit. Anim. 100. 

 Grey Phalarope. Phalaropus lobatus. Selb. Illustr. II. 162. 

 Phalaropus lobatus. Grey Phalarope. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 215. 

 Phalaropus fulicarius. Bonap. Comp. List, 54. 



In winter the hack pale blue; the occiput and a line down 

 the hack of the neck greyish-black ; the forehead, sides of the 

 head, neck, and lower parts white. In summer the upper 

 parts dark brown; the feathers edged with yellowish-red; the 

 lower parts light red. 



This beautiful bird is so seldom met with that recent 

 specimens cannot be procured by the ornithologist, whenever 

 he wishes to describe it. The only individual that came 

 unmutilated into my hands was killed in the beginning of 

 winter, and, being a male, has supplied the following 

 notice : — 



Male in Winter. — About the size of the Purple Sand- 

 piper, with the body moderately full, the neck rather long, 

 the head small, compressed, and rounded above. The bill is 



