BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE RED PHALAROPE. 



SUMMER PI.UMAGK. 



(Phalaropns Plat) r// inch us 9 Tern m . PI i alar ope 



c, Temm.) 



BILL dull yellow, an 'inch long, rather slender, 

 grooved on each side, flatted and bent down a little 

 at the tip: eyes hazel; crown of the head and 

 throat black; the sides of the head white; neck, 

 breast, belly, and vent ferruginous, with vinous 

 reflections; the back feathers dusky in the middle; 

 webs reddish yellow; lesser coverts of the wings 

 dark ash, slightly edged with white; the greater, 

 the same, but more deeply tipt, and these form an 

 oblique double bar across the closed wings; the 

 tertials are black, with light edges and tips; the 

 primaries and tip of the tail are also black; legs, 

 toes, and scalloped webs, dingy yellow. 



These birds are natives of the northern regions 

 of Europe, Asia, and America, and migrate south- 

 ward in the winter. 



