ni RDS — PHALAROPODIDAE — PHALOROPUS FULICARIU8. 



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Phalaropu3, B r i s s o n . 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS, (Liim.) Bon. 

 Red Plialnrope. 



Trivgafiilicaiia, LiNS. Syst. Nat. I, 1706,049. 



/•/lu/aropm/ii/icarius, Hon. 0!>8. W1I3. lifij, 212.— Is. Syn. 1828, 341.— Sw.mnson, F. Bir. Amer. II, 1831, 407.— 



NOTT. Man. II, 236.— AuD. Orii. Biog. Ill, 1835, 404 ; pi. 255.— Is. Syn. 23'J.— lu. Birds 



Amor. V, 1842,291 ; pi. 339. 

 Tringa glaeialis, Gm. Sjsl. Nut. I, 1788, 675. 

 rhiilaropus ru/us, Pai.las, Zmoj,'. Rdsso-As. II, 1811, 205. 

 Phalaropua fUlijrhynchus, Temm. .Man. II, 712. 



FiGiREs —Edwards, Birds, 111, nl. 142.— Vieill. Gal. Ois. II, pi. 270.— Wilson, Am. Orn. IX, pi. 73, fig. 4.— And. B. of 

 Am. pi. 255 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 339. — Pnjlas, Zoog. Rosso- As. II, pi. 63. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill stronT, fl Uened, widened towards the end; wings long ; tail short ; legs short ; plumage thick and compact, 

 like the swimming birds. .Ididt. Head above, space around Ihc base of the bill, throat, and back, brownish black, feathers of 

 the last edgi'd broadly with p;ile ochre yellow ; wings and tail ashy brown, paler on the wing coverts; greater wing coverts 

 widely tipped witli white ; sli ipe on tlie cheek while. Entire under parts deep brownish red , inclining to purple on the abdomen , 

 and with a glaucous cast in very ma'ure specimens ; under wing coverls and axillaries pure while ; bill greenish yellow ; feet 

 dark bluish brown. I'ouiig". Entire upper parts light cinereous ; head above and wings darker, and mixed with blackish brown; 

 head in frunt, and entire under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts white. Total length, about 7j inches ; wing, 5^ ; 

 tail, 2J ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, J inch. 



Hab. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; Asia ; Europe. 



List of specimens. 



