92 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



part of the back darker. The upper tail coverts 

 white, with black tips ; tail white at base, the 

 rest black, with white tips to the feathers ; wing 

 coverts greyish-brown, with paler margins ; quills 

 brownish-black tipped with white. A broad band 

 of white crosses the wing ; a streak over the eye. 

 The breast, sides, belly, and under tail coverts white ; 

 legs and feet greyish-black. Length, sixteen inches. 

 This is the winter plumage. In the red state, or 

 summer plumage, most of the feathers are streaked 

 and spotted with brownish-black. 



The female resembles the male, but is larger. 



THE GREY PHALAROPE. 



{Fhalaropus fulicarius.) 



Male. — The bill black ; iris dusky. Forehead and 

 sides of head and neck pure white ; occiput and a 

 broad line down the back of the neck greyish-black. 

 The back is a fine pale purple grey ; wing coverts 

 blackish, the quills the same ; shafts of the quills and 

 tips of the primary coverts white ; middle tail feathers 

 deep brown, margined with white ; side feathers of 

 tail ash grey. The lower parts of the plumage 

 white ; legs and feet light brown ; the membranes 

 grey, dark towards the end. Length, eight inches. 



THE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 



(yPhalaropiis hyperboreiis.^ 



Male. — The bill black ; iris dusky. Forehead, 

 cheeks, and fore-neck white ; upper part of head, 



