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GRALLATORES. 



LOBIPEDID^E. 



LOBIPEDIDJE. 



THE GREY PHALAROPE. 



Phalaropm lobatus. 



Phalaropus lobatus, Grey PJta/aropc, PENT*. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 202. 



Tringa lobata, 



Phalaropus lobatus, 



hyperboreus, Red 

 lobatus, Grey 



platyrhinchus, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol ii. p. 1 55. 

 p. 154. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 100. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 162. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 215. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



Plialarope platyrUnque^ TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 712. 



PHALAROPUS. Generic Characters. Beak rather long, slender, weak, straight, 

 depressed and blunt ; both mandibles grooved throughout their whole length ; the 

 upper mandible slightly curved at the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, promi- 

 nent, encircled by a membrane. Legs moderate, slender, tarsus compressed ; 

 three toes in front, one behind ; the anterior toes united as far as the first articu- 

 lation, the other parts furnished with an extension of the membrane laterally, 

 forming lobes slightly serrated at the edges, the hind toe without membrane, and 

 articulated on the inner side of the tarsus. Wings moderate ; the first and second 

 quill- feathers the longest. 



