342 Synopsis of the Birds 



278. Phalaropus hyperboretjs, Lath. Black varied with ru- 

 fous, beneath white j sides of the neck bright rufous. 



Winter plumage, cinereous, beneath white. 



Young, brownish varied with pale rufous, beneath white. 



Hyperborean Phalarope, Phalaropus hyperboreus, Nob. 

 Am. Orn. Hi. Tringa lobata, and hyperborea, L. 



Inhabits the north of both continents : exceedingly rare 

 and accidental in the United States, very common in the 

 northern British Islands. 



SUBGENUS III. BOLOPOD1VS. 



Phalaropus, Vieill. Lobipes, Nob. Obs. Jardine and 

 Selby Illus. of Orn. 



Bill long, very slender, smooth, flexible, cylindrical and of 

 equal breadth throughout, subulate to the tip, point narrow, 

 sharp, slightly curved : nostrils quite basal, linear-elongated : 

 tongue filiform, acute. Tarsi elongated, much compressed ; 

 toes elongated ; outer connected as far as the first joint only 

 to the middle one; inner almost divided ; edging membrane 

 narrow, sub-entire ; hind toe long, resting on the ground. 

 Wings elongated. Tail moderate. General form slender. 



Resembling greatly the subgenus Totanus. 



279. Phalaropus wilsonii, Sabine. Bluish-gray, beneath 

 white ; a chesnut patch, and a black band each side of the 

 neck. 



Summer plumage unknown. 



Young, ashy-brown, varied with white and rufous, beneath 

 white ; sides of the neck tinged with rufous, no black line. 



Gray Phalarope, Phalaropus lobaius, Wils. ix. p. 72. 

 pi. 73. Jig. 2. and Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus wilsonii, 

 Nob. Am. Orn. iii. adult and young. Lobipes incanus, 

 lllus. ofOrn.pl. 16. young (25). 



Inhabits the north of America, extending its winter migra- 



