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89. BLACK SKIMMER. 

 Large, 18; white beneath, on tail and 

 forehead, black elsewhere above ; bill, black 

 with base and feet vermillion. Young 

 whitish on head and tail tipped with brown- 

 Fig. 95 



Red Phalarope. 



ish. Rests in large flocks on isolated sandbars 

 by day and when started moves with an 

 excentric flight with long sweeping wing- 

 beats; at nightfall separates into small com- 



Fig. 96 



Red Phalarope 



panies,and forming lines, sweeps up estuaries 

 and rivers against tides or current, keeping 

 close to water with the elongated ^ower 



