GREY PHALAROPE. 



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GRALLATORES. 



LOBIPEBWE. 



THE GREY PHALAROPE. 



Phalaropns lohatus. Grey Phalavope, 

 Tringa lohata, ,, ,, 



Pliularopus lobatus, ,, ,, 



hyperboreus, Red , , 

 lohatus, Grey ,, 



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platyrhinchus, ,, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 202. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 155. 

 »> >f >) ti p* lo4. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 100. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 162. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 215. 

 GouLu, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



,, Phalarope platyrhinqtie, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 712. 



PiiALAROPus. Generic Characters. — Beak rather long, slender, weak, straight, 

 depressed and blunt ; both mandibles grooved throughout their whole length ; 

 the upper mandible slightly curved at the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, 

 prominent, encircled by a membrane. Legs moderate, slender, tarsus com- 

 pressed ; three toes in front, one behind ; the anterior toes united as far as the 

 first articulation, the other parts furnished with an extension of the membrane 

 laterally, forming lobes slightly serrated at the edges, the hind toe without 

 membrane, and articulated on the inner side of the tarsus. Wings moderate ; 

 the first and second quill-feathers the longest. 



