706 U. 8. P. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex & Locality. When Whence obtained. Collected by— Length. | Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | age. collected. of wings.| 
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St. Louis ..c0e...eeeeee May 6,1857} Lieut. Bryan..... eveees W. S. Wood.....0.- | 
7058 | O 
10393 | 4 | Dane county, Wis...... | May 20,1855| S. F. Baird........ -| Th. Kumlien 
4346 |...008 Racine, Wis.......+4+: Recess cectscas|aeosee dOsecess 
4879 | Q | Council Blufis.......... | April 28...... Lieut. Warren.. 
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+. | June 23,1856 |....+- dO. covevcceceoees 
June 6......)eeeeee dO.. veveceee 
6658 |......| Fort Thorn, N. M...seeeleceesecsenceee Dr. Henry, U.S.A. 
B07) |vsivesie MEXICO. 6c 0icecis weeccvee | Sept. —, 1836 | John Gould... .....00+ 
Lobipes, Cuv. 
PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUS, (Linn.) Temm. 
Northern Phalarope. 
Tringa hyperborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 
Lobipes hyperboreus, Cuy. R. A.”’—Bon. List, 1838.—Avp. Syn. 1839, 240.—Is. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 295 ; pl. 340. 
Phalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. Man. II, 1820, 709.—Avp. Orn. Biog. III, 1835, 118: V, 595; pl. 215. 
Tringa lobata, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 
Tringa fusca, Gu. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 675. 
Phalaropus ruficollis, Pauias, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. IT, 1811, 203. 
Phalaropus cinerascens, Partas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. I, 1811, 204. 
Figures.—Buff. Pl. Enl. 766.—Edwards, Birds, III, pl. 143, 46, 308.—Pallas, Zoog. II, pl. 62.—Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, 
pl. 25, fig. 2.—Aud. B. of Am. pt. 254; oct. ed. V, pl. 340. 
Sp. Cu.—Bill short, straight, pointed ; wings long ; tail short; legs short. .4dult. Neck encircled with a ring of bright 
ferruginous, and a stripe of the same on each side ; head above and neck behind sooty ash ; back, wings, and tail, brownish 
black, paler on the rump, mixed with bright ferruginous on the back. ‘Tips of greater wing coverts white. Sides and flank 
ashy, frequently mixed with reddish; throat, breast, and abdomen white ; bill and legs dark. Young. Entire upper parts 
brownish black ; many feathers edged and tipped with dull yellow and ashy ; under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts 
white. Total length, about 7 inches ; wing, 45; tail, 2; bill, 1; tarsus, ; inch. 
Hab.—The whole of temperate North America, Europe, Japan, (Mr. Heine, Japan Exp.) San Francisco, California, (Mr. 
Cutts.) 
A very widely diffused little species, and one of the handsomest and most graceful of the 
wading birds. Specimens from various parts of the world are precisely alike in specific 
characters. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.|Sex & Locality. When col- Whence ob- | Orig’! } Collected by— Length.| Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | Age. lected. tained. No. | of wings. 
709 fol Carlisle, Pa...ces evens Sept. 7,1842/ S. F. Baird....|...... podoo ‘Seopodcooo pond 1.7550 ASSOOD este aieraters 
2505 | © | Perry county, Pa.......| Sept. 19, 1845 |...... dO ..c000 elecceee Reseencesncieatevest | 8.00 13.50 4.50 
6663 |...... Puget’s Sound, W. I’...| Aug. 29, 1856 [eDre Suckley..n'|| #10) |\ceisiciee vec see csicers o's | 7.50 13.00 |.ccecees 
GBE2 4 iecsiee Fort Steilacoom, W. T .|.seeee cess cence) seeeee O)}eresieieis | STL |... cccccccees cevces|svescces eeasieceslenes covlece 
Iris brown; feet light 
slate blue. 
4242 |... San Francisco, Cal.....|.ss0s-eeeesere EADY Cuttaeets|sccess | 
6660 |...... Presidio, Cal ..... ecccclccveecevereces Lt. Trowbridge |...... | sisisisiaieisleicistecteetotisisieie | erereieyateva.a|| Kelcrale|sialals liom atelacnl ts a) felsictestainelesisteeiesteiisianiy 
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