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rounded by a membrane ; tongue slender and 

 pointed;* tarsi very much flattened; otber 

 parts as in Phalaropus. 



Types, L. hyperborea, Wilsonil. Northern Europe, 

 North and Arctic America, ranging to the bor- 

 ders of the Southern Continent. 



Note. Habits, and, to a certain extent, the 

 changes of Phalaropus ; " breeds in swampy 

 situations close to the water's edge."t 



* Selby. t Daun. 



