124 ' GREY PHALAROPE. Class II. 



neck of a light grey ; the back and rump a deep 

 dove color, marked with dusky spots ; the edges 

 of the scapulars are dull yellow ; the coverts 

 dusky ; the lower or larger tipt and edged with 

 white ; the eight first quil feathers dusky ; the 

 shafts white ; the lower part of the interior side 

 white ; the smaller quil feathers are tipt with 

 white ; the wings when closed, reach beyond 

 the tail; the feathers on the back are either 

 wholly grey or black, edged on each side with 

 a pale red ; the tail is dusky, edged with ash-co- 

 lor ; the legs are of a lead color ; the toes ex- 

 tremely singular, being edged with scolloped 

 membranes like the coot ; four scollops on the 

 exterior toe, two on the middle, and the same 

 on the interior J each finely serrated on their 

 edges. * 



This bird was shot in Yorkshire, and com- 

 municated to us by Mr. Edzmrds. 



" The grey phalarope is very rare in Eng- 

 land ; I have only heard of it twice in this coun- 

 try, but in the north of Europe it is not unfre- 

 quent, and is seen among the ice between Asia 



* The Editor has a drawing, by the ingenious Mrs, Catherine 

 Plymley, from a specimen shot near Longnor, in Shropshire ; 

 the legs and bill of which are of a yellowish color, and the whole 

 plumage much lighter than that of the bird described in the text. 

 Mr. Montagu observed this rare species in Sussex, and has in his 

 collection one killed near Alderton, in Wiltshire. Ed. 



