162 GRALLATORES. PHALAROPUS. PHALAKOPE. 



They are natives of the Arctic regions, and extend to very 

 high northern latitudes. Their food consists of marine 

 insects, mollusca, and worms, which abound in the waters 

 they frequent, and are seized by them when swimming, as 

 they float near the surface. 



GREY PHALAROPE. 



PHALAROPUS LOBATUS, Flem. 

 PLATE XXVIIT. 



Phalaropus platyrynchos, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 712. Sabine, Linn. 



Trans. 12. 536. 



Phalaropus griseus, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 163. pi. 20. 

 Phalaropus lobatus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 776. 2. 



(Tringa lobata, Linn. 1. 249. $.Gmel. Syst. 1. 674. 

 Phalaropus, Briss. 6. 12. 1. 

 Le Phalarope a festons denteles, Buff. Ois. 8. 226. 

 Le Phalarope gris, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 492. 

 Grey Coot-footed Tringa, Edward, t. 308. 

 Grey Phalarope, Br. Zool. 2. No. 218. t. 76 Arct. Zool. 2. No. 412 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Sup. Appendix. 



Grey Phalarope, Lath. Syn. 272 __ the young commencing the autumnal 



moult 



/ Tringa fulicaria, Linn. Syst. 1. 249. 10 Brun. Orn. Boreal. 51. No. 172. 

 I Phalaropus rufescens, Briss. Ornith. 6. 20. 4. 



Summer I Le Phalarope rouge, Buff. Ois. 8. 225 Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 492. 

 plumage. \ Red Coot-footed Tringa, Edward, t. 142. 

 I Red Phalarope, female, Lath. Syn. 5. 271. 

 ^Rothbauchiger Wassertreter, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 419. sp. 2. 



(Phalaropus glacialis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 776. sp. 3. 

 Adult in J Tringa glacialis, Gmel. Syst. 1. 675. 

 change, (plain Phalarope, Arct. Zool. 2. 415 __ Lath. Syn. 5 1?3. 3. 



Rare Ouit acquaintance with this species is only as a rare visi- 



visitant. a ew s t ra ggi ers being accidentally driven upon our 



coasts, during their autumnal migrations. These birds are 

 inhabitants of the north-eastern parts of Europe, and North- 

 ern Asia, where they are numerous upon the large lakes and 

 rivers of Siberia : they also abound in North America ; but 

 their range, even during the equatorial migrations, does not 



