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GENUS PHALAROPE — BRISS. 



PHALAROPE. 



[Bill straight, slender, flattened toward the end, and about the length of the 

 head, which is small ; neck moderate ; wings rather long and pointed ; tail 

 rounded ; tarsi extremely compressed ; toes very slender, hind toe exceedingly 

 small ; anterior toes lobed, with a pectinated or comb-like membrane.] 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS^BONAP. 



RED PHALAROPE. 



Red Phalarope, Phalaropus hyporboreus, Wils. Amer. Oin. 

 Phalaropns fuiicariiis, Plat-billed Phalarope, Sw. & Rich. 

 Red Phalarope, Nult. Man. 

 Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill straight, flattened, rather deeply grooved 

 from the nostrils nearly to the end, where it hecomes abruptly nar- 

 row ; length of tarsi three quarters of an inch. Adult with the 

 forehead, throat, a line behind the eye, fore part of breast, abdo- 

 men, and lower tail coverts white ; fore neck pale brown — a line 

 beneath the eye, extending the whole length of the head, crown, 

 fore part of back, tertials, wings, rump, upper tail coverts, and tail, 

 blackish-brown — the feathers edged with dull yellowish ; middle of 

 back, and sides of the upper part of breast, grayish-blue — flanks 

 Streaked with the same ; secondary coverts broadly tipped with 

 white, forming a conspicuous band on the wings ; bill black ; legs 

 and feet dull yellowish. This description is taken from a specimen 

 shot in autumn. In summer the bill is greenish-yellow ; feet pale 

 green ; the whole lower parts deep orange-red. The form of the 

 bill is at all times sufficient to distinguish this species. Length 

 seven inches and a half, wing five. 



This is another species with which our acquaintance is 

 very limited. The specimen now before me was shot on the beach 

 at " Q,uogue," and I have seen a few others that were procured in 

 that vicinity. On the sea coast of New Jersey it is exceedingly 

 rare, nor is it frequent in any portion of the Atlantic districts. It 



