162 GRALLATORES. PHALAROPUS. PHALAROPE. 
They are natives of the Arctic regions, and extend to very 
high northern latitudes. Their food consists of marine 
insects, mollusca, and worms, which abound in the waters 
they frequent, and are seized by them when swimming, as 
they float near the surface. 
GREY PHALAROPE. 
Puavaropus Lopatus, Flem. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
Phalaropus platyrynchos, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 712.—Sabine, Linn. 
Trans. 12. 536. 
Phalaropus griseus, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 163. pl. 20. 
Phalaropus lobatus, Lath. Ind. C-nith. 2. 776. 2. 
Tringa lobata, Linn. 1. 249. 8.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 674. 
Phalaropus, Briss. 6. 12. 1. 
Le Phalarope 4 festons dentelés, Buff: Ois. 8. 226. 
Winter 4 Le Phalarope gris, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 492. 
plumage. | Grey Coot-footed Tringa, Edward, t. 308. 
Grey Phalarope, Br. Zool. 2. No. 218. t. 76.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 412.— 
Mont. Ornith. Dict. and Sup. Appendix. 
Grey Phalarope, Lath. Syn. 272.—the young commencing the autumnal 
moult 
Tringa fulicaria, Linn. Syst. 1. 249. 10.—Brun. Orn. Boreal. 51. No. 172. 
Phalaropus rufescens, Briss. Ornith. 6. 20. 4. 
Summer ) Le Phalarope rouge, Buff: Ois. 8. 225.—Cuv. Reg. Anim. |. 492. 
plumage. \ Red Coot-footed Tringa, Edward, t. 142. 
Red Phalarope, female, Lath. Syn. 5. 271. 
Rothbauchiger Wassertreter, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 419. sp. 2. 
y Phalaropus glacialis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 776. sp. 3. 
Adult in Tringa glacialis, Gmel. Syst. 1. 675. 
change. (Plain Phalarope, Arct. Zool. 2. 415.—Lath. Syn. 5. 173. 3. 
Rare Our acquaintance with this species is only as a rare visi- 
visitant- tant, a few stragglers being accidentally driven upon our 
coasts, during their autumnal migrations. These birds are 
inhabitants of the north-eastern parts of Europe, and North- 
ern Asia, where they are numerous upon the large lakes and 
rivers of Siberia: they also abound in North America; but 
their range, even during the equatorial migrations, does not 
