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/. RECURVIROSTRA, Linnaeus. Avocets. 

 1. R. americana, Gm. Avocet. Blue Stocking. 

 White, marked with black and cinnamon; legs blue; L. 

 18; W. 8; T. SJ. U. S. 



2. HIMANTOPUS, Brisson. Stilts. 

 1. H. mexicanus, (Miiller.) Stilt. Long Shanks. 

 Lawyer. Glossy black, white below, legs pink; L. 15; 

 W. 9; T. 3; Ts. 4. U. S. 



FAMILY LIV.— PHALAROPODID^. 



{The Phalaropes.) 

 Snipe-like birds with the toes lobed, as in the coots 

 and grebes, but the lobes narrower. Swimmers; body 

 depressed and the under plumage thick as in the Ducks. 

 Tarsus much compressed. Three species representing 

 as many genera; of northern regions of both hemis- 

 pheres, southward in winter. 



* Bill flattened ; membranes scalloped. . . Phalaropus, 1. 

 ** Bill subulate ; membranes scalloped. . . LoBirES, 2. 

 *** Bill subulate ; membranes plain. . . Steganopus, 3. 



/. PHALAROPUS, Brisson. Red Phalaropes. 



1. P. fulicarius, (Jj.) Bon. Red Phalarope. Variega- 

 ted above, purplish chestnut below; young white below; 

 L. 8; W. 5; T. 2f ; B. 1. Northern Am. 



2. LOB/PES, Cuvier. Northern Phalaropes. 



1. L. hyperboreus, (L.) Cuv. Northern Phalarope. 

 Grayish black, variegated; rump and under parts white; 

 sides of neck with chestnut stripe. Northern regions. 



3. STEGANOPUS, Vieillot. Phalaropes. 

 1. S. wilsoni, (Sab.) Coues. Wilson's Phalarope. 



