164 SCOLOPACIU^. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus. Eed-necked 



Phalarope. 



Tringa hyperborea, lAnnoeus, S. N. i. p. 249 (1766). 



Phalaropus angustirostrisj Nawn. viii. p. 240. 



Lobipes hyperboreus, Macg. iv. p. 291 ; Gould, iv. pi. 83. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Hewitson, p. 370; Gray, p. 176; 



Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 135; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 102; Harting, 



p. 50; Dresser, vii. p. 597. 

 The Red-necked Phalarope, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 48. 



Hyperboreus = northern ; ii-rrepjiopeos = beyond Boreas, " at the back of the 

 north wind ; " from vTvep = above, beyond, and Popeas = the north wind, the 

 north. 



A regular summer visitor to the islands off the coasts of 

 Scotland, and more rarely to the mainland ; occurring only 

 during passage on the coasts of England, Wales, Ireland, 

 and Southern Scotland. It ranges throughout the Palse- 

 arctic and Nearctic Regions, migrating into North Africa, 

 Southern Asia, and Central America in winter. 



Phalaropus falicarius. Grey Phalarope. 

 Tringa f n\ica.r i a,, lAnncBUS, S. N. i. p. 249 (1766). 

 Phalaropus platyrliynchus, Naum. viii. p. 255. 

 Phalaropus lobatus, Macg. iv. p. 281; Hewitsoti, p. 368; 



Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 130; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 97. 

 Phalaropus fulicarius. Gray, p. 176; Gould, iv. pis. 81, 82; 



Hartitig, p. 50; Dresser, vii. p. 605. 

 The Grey Phalarope, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 43. 



Ftilicdnus = like a Ooot,fulica, q. v. p. 151. 



An irregular visitant during migration to the whole of the 

 United Kingdom. It inhabits the north of both the Palee- 

 arctic and Nearctic Regions, passing south during the winter. 



Genus SCOLOPAX, Brisson, Ornith. v. p. 292 (1760). 



Scolopax = OKoKoTrai, a kind of Snipe mentioned by Aristotle ; probably 

 from aKoXo^ = any thing pointed, a stake, and akin to (jkoKKdi = I stir up 

 probe. But possibly foreign ; for other forms, aKoXSiwal and afficaXdijras , 

 occur. 



