GREY PHALAROPE. 97 



GRA LLA TORES. SCOL OP A CID^E. 



THE GREY PHALAROPE. 



Phalaropus lobatus. 



Phalaropus lobatus, Grey Phalarope, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 202. 



Tringa lobata, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



PTiolaropus lobatus, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. 



p. 155. 



hyperboreus, 

 lobatus, 



Red 



p. 154. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 100. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 162. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 215. 



platyrhinchus, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Phalarope pla- TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



tyrhinque, p. 712. 



PHALAKOPUS. Generic Characters. Beak rather long, slender, weak, 

 straight, depressed, and blunt ; both mandibles grooved throughout their 

 whole length ; the upper mandible slightly curved at the point. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, oval, prominent, encircled by a membrane. Legs moderate, 

 slender, tarsus compressed ; three toes in front, one behind ; the anterior 



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