392 CLASS AVES. 



worth, and the Tringa Lobata, not of Gmelin, but 

 the Gray Phalarope, Wilson. Phalaropus Frenatus, 

 Vieill. Gal. 27I, or Phalaropus Fimbriatus, Tem. 

 Col. 270, Wils. Am. IX. PI. LXIII. f. 3 ? It is the 

 genus HoLOPODius, Ch. Bonap. 



The Phalaropus Wilsonii, Sabine, Bonap, Amer. 

 Orn. and Lobopesineanus of Jardine, and Selby 

 lUust. Om. t. 16, the Phalaropus Lobatus of 

 Ord. 



Black-grey ; beneath, white ; a chestnut patch and 

 black band on each side of the neck. North Ame- 



rica. 



HiMANTOPUS, 



Have the bill round, slender, and pointed, still more 

 than totanus. The furrow of the nostrils occupy but 

 one half of it. What distinguishes them, and gives 

 them their name, is their excessively slender and long 

 legs, destitute of thumbs, and the bones of which are 

 so weak, as to render walking difficult. 



In Europe but one species is known ; white, with 

 black cap and mantle and wing ; red feet. Long- 

 legged Plover (C/iaradrius Himantopus^) L. Enl. 

 878. It is somewhat rare, and its manners are but 

 little known. 



Called, also, Himantopus Albicollis, Vieill. ; H. Me- 

 lanopterus, Tem, ; H. Atropurpureus, Meyer ; H. 

 Autumnalis, Leach. ; H. RufipeSf Bechst. ; Charad. 

 Autumnalis, Hasselquist. 



Himantopus signifies feet in the form of a cone 



