CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 587 



Order GRALLATORES. 



"Wading Birdsi 



Sub-Order GRALL/E-LIMIC0L>E. 



Shore Birds. 



Family PHALAROPODIDiE. 



Phalaropes. 



PHALAROPUS, Briss. 



P. tricolor, Vieill. [Steganopus ivilsoni, Sab.) Wilson's Phalarope. 



Snipe-like ; toes with narrow, plain lobes ; ashy above, varie- 

 gated ; rump and under parts white ; sides of neck with black 

 stripe, which changes to chestnut below ; swimmers ; northern ; 

 male smaller and duller than female ; winter plumage different. 

 Length, 9| inches; wings, 5J inches; tarsus, 1^ inches. 



"■ Rare. Specimens of this phalarope are very seldom taken 

 in the State ; when taken, it is as a single specimen, and always 

 on the sea-board. A specimen killed at Deal, Monmouth 

 county, and one at Atlantic City, are the only two that the 

 author has met with." — [C. C. A.] 



P. lobatus, L. {Lobipes hyperboreus.) Northern Phalarope. 



Bill awl shaped ; toe membranes scalloped ; plumage grayish 

 black, variegated with buif ; stripes on back ; wings dusky, 

 greater coverts tipped with white ; rump and under parts white ; 

 sides of neck with a chestnut stripe; northern. Length, 7 J 

 inches ; tarsus, f inch. 



" More frequently met with, and occasionally seen inland, a 

 specimen having been shot by the author on the Delaware, at the 

 mouth of the Rancocas Creek. When found, it is generally in 

 company with other birds of similar habits, especially on the 

 sea-shore."— [C. C. A.] 



