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the second joint, with the inner to the first ; edging membrane 

 broad, deeply scalloped ; hind toe very short, the nail only 

 touching the ground. Wings moderate. Tail rather long, 

 much rounded. General form robust. 



Resembling Tringa, especially Hemipalama. Formed of 

 but one species. 



277. PnAr.AROPus fumcarius, Nob. Blackish varied with 

 rusty, beneath rufous. 



Winter dress cinereous, beneath white. 



Young, ashy-brown, varied with yellowish-rufous, beneath 

 white. 



Red Phalarope, Phalaropus hyperboreus, Wils. Am. Orn. 

 ix. p. 75. pi. 73- Jig. 4. 



Inhabits the north of both continents : rare, and accidental, 

 and during winter only, in the United States ; extending its 

 migrations to Florida : common in high northern American 

 and Asiatic latitudes, where it breeds. 



SUBGENUS II- LOBIPES. 



Lobipes, Cuv. Phalaropus, Vie ill. nee Cuv. 



Bill moderate, slender, smooth, cylindrical throughout, 

 a little stoutish at base, subulate to the tip, point narrow, 

 sharp ; upper mandible slightly curved upon the lower at 

 tip, not exactly meeting, as in some Totani : nostrils not 

 quite basal, linear : tongue filiform, acute. Tarsi rather long, 

 moderately compressed ; toes somewhat elongated ; middle 

 one connected with the inner to the first, and with the outer to 

 the second joint ; edging membrane broad, deeply scalloped; 

 hind toe very short, the nail only touching the ground. Wings 

 elongated. Tail rather short. General form slender. 



Swim more expertly, taking the water even far at sea. 



Resembling Totanus, especially its subgenus Catoptropho- 

 rus. But one species. 



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