THE GEEY PHALAKOPE. 



Fhalaropiis lobatus. 



HE Gr ey Pbalaro pe is one of 

 the prettiest and most in- 

 teresting of our autumn visi- 

 tors, the peculiar purity and 

 delicacy of its grey winter 

 plumage being very notice- 

 able and attractive. 



Like many other birds of 

 aquatic habits, its appearance 

 undergoes considerable change 

 in the course of the year, 

 and it affords as striking 

 an example of this sort of 

 metamorphosis as any of the 

 feathered wanderers to our 

 shores. 



The Grey Pbalarope is 

 about eight inches m l ength, 

 the females being a trifle 

 larger. In winter the beak 

 is black; top of the head 

 white ; irides dark brown j 

 the eye is surrounded by 

 dusky black ; the ear- coverts 



