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U. S. p. K. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEBAi REPORT. 



lAst of specimens. 



LoMpes, u V . 

 PHALAEOPUS HYPEKBOREUS, (Linn.) T e m m . 



Northern Fhalarope. 



Tringa hyperborea, Ltnn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 949. 



LoUpes hyperboreus, " Cnv. R. A."— Bon. List, 1838.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 240.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 295 ; pi. 340. 



Pkalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. Man. IL 1820, 709 — AuD. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 118 : V, 595 ; pi. 215. 



Tringa lobata, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 



Tringa fusca, Gm. Syst Nat. I, 1788, 675. 



Phalaropus ruficollis, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 203. 



Phttlaropus cinerascens , Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 204. 



Figures.— Buff. PI. Enl. 766 .—Edwards', Birds, III, pi. 143, 46, 308.— Pallas, Zoog. II, pi. 62.— Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, 

 pi. 25, fig. 2.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 254 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 340. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill short, straight, pointed ; wings long ; (ail short ; legs short. .Sdult. Neck encircled with a ring of bright 

 ferruginous, and a stripe of the same on each side ; head above and neck behind sooty ash ; back, wings, and tail, brownish 

 black, paler on the rump, mixed with bright ferruginous on the back. Tips of greater wing coverts white. Sides and flank^ 

 ashy, frequently mixed with reddish ; throat, breast, and abdomen white ; bill and legs dark. Young. Entire upper parts 

 brownish black ; many feathers edged and tipped with dull yellow and ashy ; under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts 

 white. Total length, about 7 inches ; wing, 4% ; tail, 2| ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, | inch. 



Hob. — The whole of temperate North America, Europe, Japan, (Mr. Heine, Japan Exp.) San Francisco, California, (Mr. 

 Cutis.) 



A very widely diffused little species, and one of tlie handsomest and most graceful ef the 



wading birds. Specimens from various parts of the world are precisely alike in specific 



characters. * 



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