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LOBATUS. 

 GLACIALIS, SYN 



>GREY PHALAROPE. 



Ph. cinereo-ccerulescens subtus albus, tectricibus 

 alarum remigilms rectricibusque niyricantibus 

 maryine cinerascente-albis . L:itli. 



The bill is dusky horn colour with a double groove, 

 the under mandible is orange at the base ; the eyes 

 are placed high in the head ; the head and under 

 parts of the body are white, above grey or lead co- 

 lour ; the secondaries are tipped with white ; the 

 wings are long; the legs are black; toes scalloped 

 and serrated. 



GENUS XL VIII, 

 FULICA. 



Bill short, thick, convex ; forehead bare ; toes 

 furnished with scalloped membranes. 



ATRA " 



, SYN. } 



ATERRRIMA 



F. fronte incarnata, armillis luteis, corpore niyri- 

 cante. Lath. 



The bill is greenish white or olive ; a thick callous 

 membrane covers its forehead, which changes with 



