PHALABOPOBID^. — ^LIV. 123 



/. REDURVIROSTRA, LiniiEeus. Avocets. 

 1. R. americana, Gm. Avockt. Blub Stocking. 

 White, marked with black and cinnamon; legs blue; L. 

 18; W. 8; T. ^. U. S. 



2. HIMANTOPUS. Brisson. Stilts. 

 1. H. nigrioollis, Vieillot. Stilt. Long Shanks. 

 Lawtee. Glossy black, white below, legs pink; L. 15; 

 W. 9; T. 3; Ts. 4. U. S. 



FAMILY LIV.— PHALAROPODID^. 



(The Phalwropes.) 

 Snipe-like birds with the toes lobed, as in the coots 

 and grebes, but the lobes narrower. Swimmers; body 

 depressed and the under plumage thick as in the Ducks. 

 Tarsus much compressed. Three species representing 

 as many genera; of northern regions of both hemis- 

 pheres, southward in winter. 



* Bill flattened ; membranes scalloped. . . Phalaeopus, 1. 

 ** Bill subulate ; membranes scalloped. . . Lobipes, 8. 

 *** Bill subulate ; membranes plain. . . Steganopus, 3. 



/. PHALAROPUS, Brisson. Red Phalaeopes. 

 1. P. fulicarius, (L.) Bon. Red Phalaeopb. Variega- 

 ted above, purplish chestnut below; young white below; 

 L. 8; W. 5; T. 2f ; B. 1. Northern Am. 



2. LOBIPES, Cuvier. Noetheen Phalaeopes. 



1. L. hyperboreus, (L.) Cuv. Noetheen Phalaeope. 

 Grayish black, variegated; rump and under parts white; 

 sides of neck with chestnut stripe. Northern regions. 



3. STEGANOPUS, "Vieillot. Phalaeopes. 

 1. S. m'Isoni, (Sab.) Coues. Wilson's Phalaeopb. 



