168 GRALLATORES. LOBIPES. LOBEFOOT. 



claw. Iris brown. The above is the male bird. The 

 plumage of the female is similar to that of the male, 

 with the exception of the tints not being so pure, and the 

 red patch on the sides of the neck not so intense in hue*. 



Fig. 2. is the winter plumage ; from a bird killed near Aln- 



mouth in Northumberland. 



Winter Forehead white, tinged with cinereous. Crown of the 

 head, streak behind the eyes, and the list down to the 

 back of the neck, blackish-grey. Chin, throat, middle 

 of the belly, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, white, 

 with a slight pinkish tinge. Sides of the neck and 

 breast grey, with a faint blush of purplish-red. Back, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts black ; the feathers of the 

 former being deeply edged with yellowish-brown ; and 

 the greater coverts having their tips white, forming a 

 distinct bar across the wings. Middle feathers of the 

 tail black, margined with yellowish-brown ; the rest 

 ash-grey, margined with white. Legs and toes green- 

 ish-grey. In the above state it approaches very closely 

 to the description of the young of this species, as given 

 by TEMMINCK ; and also to the Phalaropus fuscus of 

 LATHAM. It would, therefore, seem, that the plumage 

 of the young of the year, and that of the adults in win- 

 ter, bear a strong resemblance. 



* The description of the female, as given in MONT. Ornith. Diet, from 

 Dr LATHAM'S authority, applies to the Phalarope, and not to the species 

 ofLobefoot 



