126 RED PHALAROPE. Class II. 



coverts of the tail barred with black and white ; 

 the tail short, cinereous; the legs and feet black. 

 Mr. Ray saw this species at Brignal in York' 

 shire; Mr. Edwards received the same kind 

 from North Amei^ica, being common to the 

 North oi Europe onA America. 



[The above is the description of the male. 

 The head, throat, hind neck, back, scapulars, 

 Female, and upper tail coverts of the female, are black, 

 with a rufous margin; a pale rufous brown 

 streak over the eye; the rump white, spotted 

 with dusky ; the under parts from the throat, 

 dusky red ; the wings and tail as in the other 

 sex. This is the red coot footed tringa of Ed- 

 wards, Tab. 142, and is extremely well figured 

 in Mr. Sowerhys British Miscellany, from a 

 specimen procured from the lochs in the island^ 

 of Sanda and North Ro2ialdsha. Ed. 



