PHALAROPODIDA. — CXLIII. 243 
Famity CXLITI. PHAGLAROPODIDA. (THe 
PHALAROPES.) 
Small sand-piper-like birds, with the toes lobed, as in the Coots 
and Grebes, but the lobes narrower. Body depressed, the lower 
plumage thick, as in the ducks, and capable of resisting water; 
wings long, tail short; tarsus much compressed. Species 3 in two 
genera. ‘They inhabit northern regions, ranging S, in winter. 
a. Bill stoutish, flattened, with lancet-shaped tip. . . CRYMOPHILUS, 382. 
aa. Bill subulate, very slender... . . . + »« « + »« PHALAROPUS, 383. 
382. CRYMOPHILUS Vieillot. (kpuyds, cold; didos, loving.) 
750. C. fulicarius (L.). Rep PHALARope. Back black, the 
feathers tawny edged; top of head blackish, its sides white; rump 
white; quills mostly black; feet yellowish; lower parts purplish 
chestnut; young white below; membrane of toes scalloped. L. 8. 
W. 5. T. 2%. B.1. ‘Ts. # Northern_regions, (Hu.) (Hat., 
Coot-like.) 
383. PHALAROPUS Brisson. (dadapis, the coot; movs, foot.) 
a. Membranes of toes scalloped; wing less than 54. (Phalaropus.) 
751. P. lobatus (L.). NORTHERN PHALAROPE. Adult gray- 
ish black, variegated with tawny; rump and under parts white; 
neck largely rusty red; bill and feet black. L.7. W.44. T. 2. 
B. 3. Ts. 3. Northern regions, chiefly along sea-shores. (Hu.) 
aa. Membrane of toes plain; wing more than 4}. (Steganopus Vieillot.) 
752. P. tricolor (Vieillot). Wrtson’s PHALaropr. Ashy 
above, more or less variegated with chestnut; rump pale; lower 
parts white; sides of head and neck with a stripe of dark wine-red, 
which changes to black above; tail marbled; winter plumage with 
no red or black ; bill and feet black. L.9. W.5. T. 24. B. 1}. 
Ts. 14. N. Am., chiefly in interior; largest and handsomest of 
the Phalaropes, varying much with the season. 
Famity CXLIV. RECURVIROSTRIDZ. (Tue Avocets.) 
A little family allied to the snipe, with the legs excessively long 
and the bill very slender, long, acute, straight or curved upward. 
Genera 3, species 8; in most parts of the world. Himantopus is 
said to have relatively longer legs than any other bird. 
a. Toes 4; the anterior full webbed; bill recurved, flattened, tapering to a 
fine point; plumage beneath thickened, as in ducks; swimmers. 
RECURVIROSTRA, 3884, 
aa. Toes 3, semipalmate; bill nearly straight, not flattened. 
HIMANTOPUS, 385. 
