RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. EEL 
inches; greater wing coverts. dark lead-colour, tipped with 
white, forming a distinct bar across the wing in winter; lesser 
wing coverts, dark lead-colour; primaries, nearly black, or 
black in winter; secondaries, the same, but not so dark, and 
with white tips; tertiaries, margined with reddish yellow on 
the outer web, which in the winter plumage is white; tail, 
brownish grey, margined with white, the two middle feathers 
the darkest—nearly black; under tail coverts, white. Legs 
and toes, dusky greenish grey; claws, black; lobes, dusky 
greenish, those on the front joint of the toes extend a little 
beyond the tip of the claw. 
The female is larger than the male, and of similar plumage. 
Mr. Dunn says that her plumage is more brightly coloured 
than that of the male, the contrary having been asserted by 
others. Length, about seven inches. 
The young, the first year, resemble the male in its winter 
plumage, the head on the top of the crown, black; the chin, 
throat, and breast, white; the back, black, with yellowish 
brown edges to the feathers. 
