HYPERBOREAN PHALAROPB. 121 



tips of the secondary coverts, white. Tail light grey, the feathers mar- 

 gined with white, the two middle ones dark brownish-grey, the lateral 

 upper tail-coverts white, barred with dusky. The breast and abdomen 

 white. 



Length to end of tail 6 inches, to end of claws 6^, to end of wing 5| ; 

 extent of wings 13^; wing from flexure 4^; tail 2^; biU along the 

 back II, along the edge of lower mandible || ; tarsus ig, middle toe |§, 

 its claw ^-^. 



Adult Female. Plate CCXV. Fig. 2. 



The Female is similar to the male, but the red markings are not so 

 deep in tint. 



Young fully fledged. Plate CCXV. Fig. 3. 



The young bird has the markings similai-ly disposed, but the upper 

 parts are in general of a dull dark grey, the red of the neck much fainter, 

 and that of the scapulars much paler, and inclining to greyish-yellow. 



