320 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



THE Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius, Linnaeus) is 

 a rare nomadic spring, autumn, and winter migrant to the 

 British Islands, and inhabits the Circumpolar Region. In 

 winter it migrates down to the Equator. The adult female 

 in summer has the head, nape, back, and scapulars, black- 

 ish, broadly margined with rusty-red ; wing-coverts, blackish ; 

 margined with white; white transverse bars on wings; 

 cheeks, white ; tail, dark grey, dusky towards terminal end ; 

 front of the neck and under parts, chestnut ; irides, dark 

 brown ; bill, pale orange ; legs, feet, and membranes, which 

 are lobed, yellow. Length, about eight inches. The adult 

 male is less in size, and in summer is duller in colour than 

 the female. The adult in winter lacks the chestnut, the 

 plumage being black, grey, and white. 



