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dd. Bill stout and pointed, culmen arched toward the tip, \cry 

 pointed and wedge-shaped at the tip ; or, exposed culmen equal to or shorter than the 



middle toe without the claw (Page 29.) Aphri^f'idae. 



CC. Front of tarsus covered with small irregular or hexagonal scales 

 in front and behind, and with the dentrum or end of the upper mandible enlarged ; bill 

 shorter than the tarsus (Page 28. ) Charadi'idae. 



Family PHAI,AR0P0'DID^.— Phalaroiks. 



Gciirra. 



a. Bill slender, almost cylindrical, not widening towards the end ; nostrils sepa- 

 rated from the loral feathers bv a space equal to the depth of the upper mandible at 

 the base ( Page 25. ) PhalaropuS. 



aa. Bill broad, flattened, somewhat widened toward the end; nostrils somewhat 

 separated from the loral feathers by a space less than the depth of the upper mandible 

 at the base (Page 25.) Crymo'philus. 



(iKNUs PHAIvAR'OPUS Briss(jx. 



Web between middle and outer toes extending to or beyond the second joint of 

 the latter; lateral membrane of all the toes distinctly scalloped. ( Sub-genus /"//^/a- 

 ropus.) Adult female in sitinmer : Above dark plumbeous, the back striped with 

 ochreous buff; wings dusky, the greater coverts broadly tipped with white; lower parts 

 white; chest and sides of neck rufous. Adult male in summer: Similar to the female, 

 but colors duller, the rufous confined to the sides of the neck and less distinct; the 

 chest chiefly mixed with white or greyish. IViiiter plumage • Forehead, supercilliary 

 stripe, sides of head and neck with lower parts generalh' pure white ; top of head grey- 

 ish ; upper parts chiefly greyish ; under parts for the most part white. Length 7.00, wing 

 4.10, tail 1.90, culmen .88, toe .90. //ad. Ar(5lic regions; southward in winter. Kauai. 



44. P. loba'tus'5 (LiNx). Northern Phalerope. 



Genus CRYMO'PHIIvUS Vieillot. 

 Suvimer female : Fore part of head deep plumbeous black; hind neck plain 

 cinnamon and plumbeous ; sides of head white ; sides of neck and entire under parts 

 vinous chestnut ; general color of back sandy buff, streaked with black centres to the 

 feathers; lesser wing coverts slaty blue with whitish edgings. Male: Similar to the 

 female, but less brightly colored; the head sandy brown streaked with blackish like 

 the back; a good deal of white on the under surface of the body and throat. Male in 

 winter: Bluish grey above; wings more dusky than in summer, but still retain the 

 white markings ; head, neck and lower parts pure white, with the occiput and space 

 about the eye dark plumbeous. Young : Top of head, hind neck, back and scapulars 



25 The only specimen in the Museum was one shot by Mt- A. F. Judd on Kauai during the winter of 1S92-93. This stems to be the first 

 record of P. lobQtits appearing in Hawaii 



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