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the young cole fish, (gadus carbonarius) partly di- 

 gested. 



GENUS XL VII. 



PHALAROPUS. 



Bill straight and slender; nostrils minute; toes 

 furnished with scolloped membranes. 



1. HYPERBOREUS. 



FUSCUS, RED 



P. (mas.) cinereus, subtus uropygio fasciaque alarum 

 albis, pec tore cinereo, colli later ibusferrugineis. 



P. (fern.) corpore ariseo subtus rufo, uropygio fasci- 

 aque alarum alba, superciliis, rectricibusque basi 

 rufescentibus. Lath. 



The bill is about an inch long, black, slender and 

 straight, but bent a little downwards at the tip; the 

 crown is black red ; the hinder part of the neck, breast 

 and wing-coverts are of a lead colour ; the back and 

 scapulars are the same, but striped with yellowish 

 rusty edges ; wings long, tipped with white ; legs 

 black. 



