176 BRITISH BIRDS. 



288. Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.). RED- 



NECKED PHALAROPE. 



Hab. Northern Palasarctic and Nearctic regions. 



Adult : above slate-grey, turning to blackish on rump 

 and wings ; scapulars and some of mantle-feathers 

 margined with reddish-buff; greater coverts broadly 

 tipped, and secondaries edged, with white ; chin 

 white ; throat and sides of neck bright rufous ; upper 

 breast slate ; under parts white ; bill black ; feet dark 

 green. Length 7*00. In winter upper parts are 

 duller with white margins to the feathers ; forehead, 

 cheeks and under parts pure white. 



Breeds sparingly in the Orkneys, Shetlands and some 

 of the Hebrides, migrating southward in winter, but not 

 touching our coasts very frequently on passage; in Ireland, 

 in fact, only one example has been obtained (1891). 



GENUS CLXVI. CRYMOPHILUS, Vieillot (1816). 







Bill very little longer than head, depressed at base, but 

 thickening near tip, instead of tapering as in Phalaropus. 



289. Crymophilus fuliearius (L.). GREY PHALAROPE. 

 Hab. Circumpolar regions. Wintering down to Equator. 

 An irregular winter visitor, sometimes, however, 



appearing in considerable numbers. Adult in winter 

 has upper parts light bluish-grey ; forehead and under 

 parts white ; occiput black ; wings dusky, with secondaries 

 and tips of wing-coverts white ; %ill blackish ; feet 

 yellowish. Length 7*50. 



GENUS CLXVIL SCOLOPAX, Brisson (1760}. 



Bill very long, straight, slender ; upper mandible 

 slighly longer than lower, its tip bent over end of latter. 



