RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 135 



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THE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, lied Phalarope, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 125. 



fulicaria, MONT. App. to Sup. Ornith. Diet. 



fuscusj Red-necked BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 157. 



Lobipes hyperborcus, Coot-foot, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 100. 



fiyperborea, Lobe-foot, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 166. 



hyperborcus, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 214. 



Phalaropus Red-necked Phalarope, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



PJtalarope hyperbore, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 709. 



THE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE is at once distinguished 

 from the Grey Phalarope last described, by its smaller 

 size, yet with a longer and more slender beak, and it pre- 

 sents also much less seasonal variation in its plumage. 

 Edwards has also, in this instance, engraved two repre- 

 sentations of the bird, plates 46 and 143, from examples, 

 both of which were brought from Hudson's Bay. 



In its habits the Red-necked Phalarope very closely 

 agrees with the Grey Phalarope, but is comparatively much 



