PHALAROJ'ODID. I:. 25 



dd. Bill stout and pointed, cnlnien arclicd toward the tip, very 

 pointed and wedge-shaped at the tip; or, exposed culnien equal to or shorter than the 



middle toe without the claw ( Page 29. ) Aphriz'idse. 



CC. Front of tarsus covered with small irregular or hexagonal scales 

 in front and behind, and with the dentrum or end of the upper mandible enlarged; bill 

 shorter than the tarsus ( Page 28. ) Charadi'idse. 



Family PHAI^AROPO'DID^.— Phalaroi-ks. 



(rri/rra. 



a. Bill slender, almost cylindrical, not widening towards the end; nostrils sepa- 

 rated from the loral feathers bv a space equal to the depth of tlie upper mandible at 

 the base ( Page 25. ) PhalaropUS. 



aa. Kill broad, flattened, somewhat widened toward the end; nostrils somewhat 

 separated from the loral feathers b\- a space less than the depth of the upjier mandible 

 at the base ( Page 25. ) Crymo philus. 



(iKxrs PHAI^AR'OPUS Hkissox. 



Web between middle and outer toes extending to or beyond the second joint of 

 the latter; lateral membrane of all the toes distinctly scalloped. (Sub-genus Pliala- 

 rop/is.) Adult /cii/d/c ill siiiuiiicr : Abo\-e dark plumbeous, the back striped with 

 ochreous buff; wings dusk\-, the greater coverts broadly tipped with white; lower parts 

 white; chest and sides of neck rufous. Adult iiiulr in siiiiiiiici : Similar to tlie female, 

 but colors duller, the rufous confined to the sides of the neck and less distinct ; the 

 chest cliiefl\- mixed with white or greyish. Uiiitcr /^liniiaoc : Forehead, supercilliar\- 

 stripe, sides of head and neck with lower parts generalh- pure white; top of head grey- 

 ish ; upper parts chiefly greyish ; under parts for the most part white. Length 7.00, wing 

 4.10, tail 1.90, culmen .88, toe .90. Hah. Arftic regions; soutlnvard in winter. Kauai. 



44. P. loba'tus-' (Lixx). Northern Phalerope. 



Gexus CRYMO'PHIIvUS \'ikii.i.ot. 



Stiiininr fciiialr: Fore part of head deep plumbeous black; hind neck plain 

 cinnamon and plnmbeoiis ; .sides of head white ; sides of neck and entire under parts 

 vinous chestnut ; general color of back .sandy buff, streaked with black centres to the 

 feathers; lesser wing coverts .slaty blue with whitish edgings. Male: vSimilar to the 

 female, but less brightly colored; the head sandy brown streaked with blackish like 

 the back; a good deal of white on the under surface of the body and throat. Mali- in 

 ii.'nitcr: Bluish grey above; wings more dusk}- than in summer, but still retain the 

 white markings; head, neck and lower parts pure white, with the occiput and space 

 about the 63-6 dark plumbeous. ]'i)iiii>^ : Top of head, hind neck, back and scapulars 



-> The only specimen in the Museum was one shot by Mr. ,\. F. Judd on K,^nai durinji the winter of 1892-93. This seems to be the first 

 record of P. lubatus appealing in Hawaii 



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