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GENUS PHALAROPE— BR1SS. 



PHALAROPE. 



[Bill straight, slender, flattened toward the end, and about the length of the 

 head, which is small ; neck moderate ; wings rather long and pointed ; tail 

 rounded ; tarsi extremely compressed ; toes very slender, hind toe exceedingly 

 small ; anterior toes lobed, with a pectinated or comb-like membrane.] 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS— BONAP. 

 RED PHALAROPE. 



Red Phalarope, Phalaropus hyperboreus, Wils. Amer. Oin. 

 Phalaropus fulicaruis, Plat-billed Phalarope, Sw. & Rich. 

 Red Phalarope, Nult. Man. 

 Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill straight, flattened, rather deeply grooved 

 from the nostrils nearly to the end, where it becomes abruptly nar- 

 row ; length of tarsi three quarters of an inch. Adult with the 

 forehead, throat, a line behind the eye, fore part of breast, abdo- 

 men, and lower tail coverts white ; fore neck pale brown — a line 

 beneath the eye, extending the whole length of the head, crown, 

 fore part of back, tertials, wings, rump, upper tail coverts, and tail, 

 blackish-brown — the feathers edged with dull yellowish ; middle of 

 back, and sides of the upper part of breast, grayish-blue — flanks 

 streaked with the same ; secondary coverts broadly tipped with 

 white, forming a conspicuous band on the wings ; bill black ; legs 

 and feet dull yellowish. This description is taken from a specimen 

 shot in autumn. In summer the bill is greenish-yellow ; feet pale 

 green ; the whole lower parts deep orange-red. The form of the 

 bill is at all times sufficient to distinguish this species. Length 

 seven inches and a half, wing five. 



This is another species with which our acquaintance is 

 very limited. The specimen now before me was shot on the beach 

 at " GUiogue," and I have seen a kw others that were procured in 

 that vicinity. On the sea coast of New Jersey it is exceedingly 

 rare, nor is it frequent in any portion of the Atlantic districts. It 



