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/. RECURVIROSTRA, Linnaeus. AVOCETS. 

 1. R. americana, Gm. AVOCET. BLUE STOCKING. 

 White, marked with black and cinnamon; legs blue; L. 

 18; W. 8; T. 3f U. S. 



2. HIMANTOPUS, Brisson. STILTS. 

 1. H. mexicanus, (Miiller.) STILT. LONG SHANKS. 

 LAWYER. Glossy black, white below, legs pink; L. 15; 

 W. 9; T. 3; Ts. 4. U.S. 



FAMILY LIV. PHALAROPODID^E. 



(The Phalaropes.) 



Snipe-like birds with the toes lobed, as in the coots 

 and grebes, but the lobes narrower. Swimmers; body 

 depressed and the under plumage thick as in the Ducks. 

 Tarsus much compressed. Three species representing 

 as many genera; of northern regions of both hemis- 

 pheres, southward in winter. 



* Bill flattened ; membranes scalloped. . . PHALAROPUS, 1. 

 ** Bill subulate ; membranes scalloped. . . LOBIPES, 2. 

 *** Bill subulate ; membranes plain. . . STEGANOPUS, 3. 



/. PHALAROPUS, Brisson. RED PHALAROPES. 

 1. P. fulicarius, (L.) Bon. RED PHALAROPE. Variega- 

 ted above, purplish chestnut below; young white below; 

 L. 8; W. 5; T. 2f ; B. 1. Northern Am. 



2. LOBIPES, Cuvier. NORTHERN PHALAROPES. 



1. L. hyperboreus, (L.) Cuv. NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 

 Grayish black, variegated; rump and under parts white; 

 sides of neck with chestnut stripe. Northern regions. 



3. STEGANOPUS, Vieillot. PHALAROPES. 

 1. S. wilsoni, (Sab.) Coues. WILSON'S PHALAROPE. 



