294 THE RED PHALAROPE. 



blue. Upper part of the head black; loral space and chin blackish-grey; 

 sides of the head, and a band round the occiput, white. Sides and fore part 

 of the neck, breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts deep orange-red. Fore 

 part of the back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, black, the feathers edged 

 with whitish; wing-coverts deep ash-grey; quills dark grej T ish-brown, their 

 shafts and basal parts white; the ends of the secondary and primary coverts, 

 and the basal part of the outer webs of the primaries, being white, a band of 

 that colour is seen on the wing when it is extended. Upper tail-coverts 

 orange-red; tail deep grey, darker towards the end, slightly tipped with 

 reddish. 



Length to end of tail 7^ inches, to end of claws 6|; extent of wings 13; 

 wing from flexure 5; tail %\ ; bill along the back \\, along the edge of lower 

 mandible 1 T V; tarsus |f; middle toe \\, its claw \\. 



Adult Female in summer. 



The female has the upper part variegated with light red and brownish- 

 black, the central part of each feather being of the latter colour, the upper 

 tail-coverts entirely of the former. Wings greyish-black, with a transverse 

 white band; tail deep grey as in the male. The lower parts are of a less 

 pure red than those of the male, being paler and tinged with grey. 



Adult in winter. 



The winter plumage of the adult is very different in colour.- The bill is 

 nearly black, the feet as in summer. The upper part of the head, cheeks, 

 fore part and sides of the neck, breast, abdomen, lower and upper tail- 

 coverts, and a band across the wing, are white; a brownish-black line from 

 the eye to the occiput, which is of the same colour, as well as the middle of 

 the hind neck. The back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, are ash-grey, the 

 wings as in summer. 



Length to end of tail 7^ inches. 



