388 TEN TEAES IN SWEDEN. 



whole length, of the mandible; front toes lobed; hind toe 

 small, sitting high ; first and second wing feather longest ; 

 tail feathers twelve, of one colour, neither banded nor spotted ; 

 feather covering tight and downy, as in the water fowl. 



217. PHALAKOPUS PLATYRHINCHUS, Tern. Brednabbad Sim- 



snappa. The Grey Phalarope. D. F. 



Beak broad, flattened at the top ; tail long and 

 rounded; hind toe very slightly lobed; length 9 in. ; 

 beak 1 in. ; tarsus -|- in. ; tail 2-^- in. ; beak at the root 

 2 1. broad and 1-|- 1. high, flattened, and the nasal fur- 

 row extending throughout its whole length. Winter, 

 grey above, white underneath. Summer, brown above ; 

 feathers edged with rufous ; breast, belly, and all the 

 under parts red, unspotted; beak reddish yellow, black 

 at the tip ; legs green-grey. 

 Is rare in Scandinavia, and although I never obtained the 



egg in this country, I fancy it breeds on the coast of North 



Norway, and in West and East Finland. 



218. P. HYPEEBOREUS, Lath. Smanabbad Simsnappa. 



The Eed Phalarope. D. F. 



Beak thin, round; hind toe with no signs of a lobe, 

 but the great difference in size will always distinguish 

 this from the last ; length 7 in. ; tarsus 6^ 1. ; beak 7 1. 5 

 tail 2 in. ; beak at the root about 1 1. broad and 1 1. 

 high, tapers off gradually, and is throughout its whole 

 length, thin and pointed. 



Summer dress : upper parts black-brown, with rusty 

 feather edges, and a white band across the wing ; crown of 

 the head and crop ash grey ; top of the neck white, under 

 that a red band ; belly and under parts white. 



Winter dress : ash grey above, under white ; and this is 

 the dress of the young bird, only not so pure. 



Far commoner than the last in Scandinavia, but I do not 

 think that they breed anywhere except in the Lapland fell 

 valleys. They breed commonly near Quickiock. Eggs four; 

 pale olive green, covered with large and small black-brown 



