132 I'HALAROPUS WILSONII. 



iii the generic characters, which Temminck, in his 

 Manuel, has not sufficiently observed. 



In the Appendix to Montague's Supplement to the 

 Ornithological Dictionary, \\ find the following re- 

 marks on this species, there named fulicaria : " We 

 have before mentioned that this bird had IK-CM ohsorved 

 in the Orkneys in considerable abundance in the summer, 

 and that no doubts were entertained of its breeding 

 there, although the nest had not been found. To Mr 

 Bullock, therefore, we are indebted for the farther 

 elucidation of the natural history of this elegant little 

 l)ird. In a letter to the author, this gentleman - 

 ' I found the red phalarope common in the marshes of 

 Sanda and Westra, in the breeding season, but which 

 it leaves in the autumn. This bird is so extremely 

 tame, that I killed nine without moving out of the same 

 spot, being not in the least alarmed at the report of a 

 gun. It lays four eggs, of the shape of that of a snipe, 

 but much less, of an olive colour, blotched with dusky. 

 It swims with the greatest ease, and, when on the water, 

 looks like a beautiful miniature of a duck, carrying its 

 head close to the back, in the manner of a teal.' Mr 

 Bullock farther observes, * That the plumage of the 

 female is much lighter, and has less of the rufous than 

 the other sex.' " 



SUBGENUS II. LOBIPES, CUVIER. 



J4-J. I'HALAROPUS FULICARlUSy WILSON. GRAY PHALAROPK. * 

 WILSON, PLATE LXXIII. FIG. IV. 



BILL, pretty stout and wide, slightly compressed at 

 the tip, depressed on the lower half; upper mandible, 

 carinate ; nostrils, subovate, a short distance from tin 1 

 base; feet, semipalmate, lobes of the toes, broad and 

 greatly scalloped, hind toe, barely touching the ground. 

 Bill, reddish orange at the base, the remainder black, an 



* Named in the plate, Red Phalarope. 



