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LOBIPES HYPERBOREUS- LATHAM, 

 HYPERBOREAN LOBEFOOT. 



Lobipes hyperboreus, Latham. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Bonap. Syn. 



Hyperborean J'halarope, Nuit. Man. 



Hyperborean Phalarope, Phalaropus hyperboreus, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill black, very slender ; when measured 

 along the gap, one inch ; length of tarsi three quarters. Adult 

 with the throat white ; head bluish-gray, lighter on the nape and 

 fore part of the back ; en the sides of the neck a broad band of 

 pale reddish-brown, nearly meeting on the fore and hind neck ; 

 sides of the lower neck and sides of the breast bluish-gray ; lower 

 parts pure white ; tail brown, the feathers darker in the centre, and 

 tipped with white ; upper tail coverts bluish-gray, tipped with white 

 ■ — hind part of the back the same ; primaries brown, their shafts 

 white, the tips blackish-brown ; secondaries rather lighter brown, 

 their outer webs margined with white, their coverts dark brown, 

 tipped with white — the scapulars margined on their outer webs with 

 pale reddish-brown. 



Winter dress — the forehead white; upper part of the head black- 

 ish gray, with a rather light band on the nape ; a spot of dusky on 

 the side of the head behind the eye ; throat white ; the upper part 

 and sides of the neck grayish-white ; lower neck and sides of the 

 breast dusky-white — rest of the lower parts white, with a few spots 

 of dusky on the flanks ; tail grayish-brown, margined with white, 

 tipped with yellowish-white; primaries dusky, the inner margined 

 internally with white ; a broad band of white on the wings, formed 

 by the tips of the secondaries ; secondaries and scapulars blackish 

 brown, margined with dull yellowish-brown. Length eight inches, 

 wing four and three-eighths. 



Of this Phalarope I have seen a few specimens that were pro- 

 cured on the coast of New Jersey, where, as with us, it is sel- 

 dom observed. The last individual that I met with, I came upon 

 while engaged in shooting Terns on the inner beach, in the 

 latter part of June. I observed it at a distance in company with a 



