270 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
ORDER LIMICOLZA. 
SHORE BIRDs. 
Famity PHALAROPODID/E. PHALAROPES. 
Genus CRYMOPHILUS VIE IL. 
CRYMOPHILUS FULICARIUS (Linn.). 
Red Phalarope. Gray Phalarope. 
Adult male in summer: General under parts 
‘ and sides of the neck purplish brown; upper tail 
coverts purplish brown slightly darker than the 
, under parts; crown of the head and base of the bill 
| smoky black; sides of the head white extending to 
the nape; rump white; back black ; feathers edged 
with tawny brown; primaries dusky, the shafts 
being white and the base of the feathers white; 
some of the secondaries white ; bill yellowish brown, 
dark on the tip; feet dull yellow. 
Adult in winter: Head and under parts white, 
a small patch around the eye and a nuchal crest 
dusky ; the under parts of the body are tinged with 
ashy gray on the sides; upper parts grayish ash 
color; wings showing a distinct white bar; bill 
dusky; feet brownish. 
Length, 7.45; Wing, 5; Tail, 2.50; Bill, .o4; Tarsus, .7o. 
This is a maritime species which ranges from the far north, where it 
breeds, southward to the Middle States. It is claimed to be occasionally 
seen off the coast of Florida, and I once purchased a stuffed specimen 
(which may or may not have been taken in Florida) from a dealer in Jack- 
sonville, with a number of other skins of Florida birds. 
The eggs are laid on the ground, the nest being formed of a little grass, 
and are from three to four in number, pale olive marked with chocolate 
brown. 
