PHALAROPODID.E — THE PHALAROPES. < I 



Family PHALAROPODIDiE.— The Phalaropes. 



Char. Small birds of Sandpiper-like appearance, but with very full, compact |.]iiiij;i un- 

 like that of the Coots, Gulls, and Petrels; the tarsus greatly compressed, and the toe partlj 

 webbed as well as fringed by a lateral, sometimes scalloped, margin. 



The Phalaropes are small northern birds combining the habits, 

 as well as to a certain extent the appearance, of the Waders 

 and Swimmers. The two recognized genera may be distinguished 

 as follows: 



Crymophilus. Bill flattened, broad, the nostrils sub-basal; web between outer and 



middle toe extending to beyond second joint of the latter; lateral membrane of all 



the toes deeply scalloped. 

 Phalaropus. Bill subulate, the nostrils strictly basal. 



Subgenus Pha laropus. Feet as in Grvmoph lus. 



Subgenus Steganoims. Web between outer and middle toes not reaching to second 

 joint <>f latter; lateral membrane to all the toes narrow and scarcely scalloped. 



Genus CRYMOPHILUS Vieillot. 



Crymophilus Vieill. Analyse, 1810, ti2. Type, Tringa Linn. 



Chak. Bill flattened, broad, the nostrils sub-basal; web between outer and middl 

 extending to beyond second joint of the latter; lateral membrane of the toe- broad and 



deeply sealloped. 



Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.) 



RED PHALAEOPE. 



Tringa fulicaria I. inn. s. n. ed. 10, 1,1758, 148; ed. 12. i. 1766,249. 



aropus fulicarius Sw. & BlOH. V. I'.. -A. 11,1831, t"7.- NuTT. Man.ii. 1834, 

 Orn. Biog. iii. 1885, 104, pi. 265; By nop. 16 19, 239; B Am. n. 1842, 291, pi. B 

 Balrd'sB. N. Am. 1858,707, Baibd. Cal N Jim. B U Cooks. B 



248; Check List, 1874, No 111 ; 2d ed. 1882, No. 604 ; I'. N W. 1874.471 R] i Nom. 



N \ m . B 1882, No i63 B. B. \ R. Water B. N \n 

 Crymophilus fulicarius %tzsv. Auk. ii. 1885,183 \ . I . Chook Li 

 l;ii.,.v.. Ban. N. Am !'.. 1887, in. 



live. Northern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding In ?erj nigh latitudes, 

 and migrating southward in winter; chiefly maritime; in america, recorded Iron 

 Boutb a- Ohio, Illinois, and Oape Bl I 



