Winter 
plumage. 
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GRALLATORES. LOBIPES. LoBEFOOT. 
claw. Iris brown.—The above is the male bird. The 
plumage of the female is similar to that of the male, 
with the exception of the tints not being so pure, and the 
red patch on the sides of the neck not so intense in hue*. 
Fig, 2. is the winter plumage; from a bird killed near Aln- 
mouth in Northumberland. 
Forehead white, tinged with cinereous. Crown of the 
head, streak behind the eyes, and the list down to the 
back of the neck, blackish-grey. Chin, throat, middle 
of the belly, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, white, 
with a slight pinkish tinge. Sides of the neck and 
breast grey, with a faint blush of purplish-red. Back, 
scapulars, and wing-coverts black ; the feathers of the 
former being deeply edged with yellowish-brown ; and 
the greater coverts having their tips white, forming a 
distinct bar across the wings. Middle feathers of the 
tail black, margined with yellowish-brown ; the rest 
ash-grey, margined with white. Legs and toes green- 
ish-grey. In the above state it approaches very closely 
to the description of the young of this species, as given 
by Temmincx ; and also to the Phalaropus fuscus of 
Latuam. It would, therefore, seem, that the plumage 
‘of the young of the year, and that of the adults in win- 
ter, bear a strong resemblance. 
* The description of the female, as given in Mont. Ornith. Dict. from 
Dr Laryam’s authority, applies to the Phalarope, and not to the species 
of Lobefoot. 
