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319. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS. 



(l;ki:y phalahopk.) 



Triiif/a/uh'ran'a, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (17GG). 



Two species of Phalarope, or lobed-footed Sandpipers, occur witliin 

 Japanese territory. The Grey Phalarope has a .-hort wide hill and a 

 much graduated tail, the central feathers being generally more than 

 half an inch longer than the outermost. 



Figures : Dresser, lairds of Europe, vii. pi. 538. 



Cj'v 



Phalaropus fuUcarius. 



The Grey Phalarope is a winter visitor to the Kurile Islands, 

 whence it was procured by Mons. ISIcrk (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 

 ii. p. 205) ; but it has not yet been recorded from Japan proper. I 

 have an example collected on the Kurile Islands by INTr. Snow (See- 

 bohm, Ibis, 1881, p. 33). 



The Grey Phalarope is a circurapolar species, breeding in the 

 Arctic Regions of both continents, and occasionally visiting the 

 Britisli Islands in winter. 



320. PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUS. 



(RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.) 



Trbxja hyperltorea, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 240 (1706). 



The Red-necked Phalarope has a short slender bill, gradually 

 tapering to the point. 



