PHALAEOPODIDiE— THE PHALAEOPES. 77 



Family PHALAROPODID^.— The Phai^aropes. 



Chak. Small birds of Sandpiper-like appearance, but with very full, oompaot plumage 

 like that of the Coots, Gulls, and Petrels; the tarsus^greatly compressed, and the toe partly 

 webbed as well as fringed by a lateral, sometimes scalloped, margin. 



The Phalaropes are small northern birds combining the habits, 

 as well as to a certain extent the appearance, of the Waders 

 and Swimmers. The two recognized genera may be distinguished 

 as follows: 



Crymophilus. Bill flattened, broad, the nostrils sub-basal; web between outer and 



middle toe extending to beyond second joint of the latter; lateral membrane of all 



the toes deeply scalloped. 

 Fhalaropns. Bill subulate, the nostrils strictly basal. 



Subgenus Phalaropus . Feet as in Grvmoph lus. 



Subgenus Steganopus. Web between outer and middle toes not reaching to second 

 joint of latter ; lateral membrane to all the toes narrow and scarcely scalloped. 



Genus CRYMOPHILUS Vieillot. 



OrymopMlus Vieill. Analyse, 1816, 62. Type, Tringa falicaria Linn. 



Chae. Bill flattened, broad, the nostrils sub-basal; web between outer and middle toes 

 extending to beyond second joint of the latter; lateral membrane of the toes broad and 

 deeply scalloped. 



Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.) 



BED PHALAEOPE. 



TringafulicarialhTS-s. S. N. ed. 10, i,1758, 148; ed. 12. i, 1766, 249. 

 Phalaropus fulicarius Sw. &b'ioh. F. B.-A. 11,1831,407.— Ntjtt. Man. 11, 1834, 236.— Aud. 

 Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 404, pi. 25S; Synop. 1839, 239; B. Am. v, 1842, 291, pi. 339.- Cass, in 

 Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 707.— Baied, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 521.— CouES, Key, 1872, 

 248; Check List, 18?4, No. 411; 2d ed. 1882, No. 604; Bi N. W. 1874, 471.— Ridgw. Norn. 

 N. Am. B. 1882, No. 563.— It. B. & B. Water B. N. Am. 1, 1884, 326. 

 Crymophilus fulicarius Stejn. Auk, ii, 1885, 183.— A. O. U. Cheek List, 1886; No. 222.— 

 EiDGW. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 144. 



Hab. Northern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding in very high latitudes, 

 and migrating southward in winter; chiefly maritime; In America, recorded from as far 

 south as Ohio, Illinois, and Cape St. Lucas. 



