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319. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS. 



(GEEY PHALAROPE.) 



Tringa fulicaria, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1766). 



Two species of Phalarope^ or lobed-footed Sandpipers, occur within 

 Japanese territory. The Grey Phalarope has a short wide bill and a 

 much graduated tail, the central feathers being generally more than 

 half an inch longer than the outermost. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 538. 



Phalaropus fulicarius. 



The Grey Phalarope is a winter visitor to the Kurile Islands, 

 whence it was procured by Mons. Merk (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 

 ii. p. 205) ; but it has not yet been recorded from Japan proper. I 

 have an example collected on the Kurile Islands by Mr. Snow (See- 

 bohm. Ibis, 1884, p. 33). 



The Grey Phalarope is a circumpolar species, breeding in the 

 Arctic Regions of both continents, and occasionally visiting the 

 ■British Islands in winter. 



320. PHALAROPUS HYPERBORETJS. 

 (RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.) 



Tringa hyperborea, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1766). 



The Red-necked Phalarope has a short slender bill, gradually 

 tapering to the point. 



