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Genus III.— LOBIPES, Cuv. LOBEFOOT. 



Bill at least as long as the head, extremely slender, straight, nearly 

 cylindrical, towards the end tapering; upper mandible with the dorsal line 

 straight, unless at the end, where it is a little decurved, the ridge broad and 

 depressed, the sides slightly sloping, the edges rounded, and inflected 

 towards the narrow acute tip; nasal groove long, linear; lower mandible 

 with the angle very long and narrow, the sides convex, the tip narrowed. 

 Head small, with the fore part high and rounded; neck of moderate length; 

 body rather slender. Feet moderate, slender; tibia bare at the lower part; 

 tarsus extremely compressed, narrowed before and behind, covered anteriorly 

 with numerous scutella; toes slender, first extremely small, free, with a 

 slight membrane beneath, second slightly shorter than fourth; toes all scutel- 

 late above, the anterior webbed at the base, and margined on both sides 

 with a lobed or sinuated membrane. Claws very small, arched, compressed, 

 acute. Plumage soft, and blended. Wings long and pointed, the first quill 

 longest; inner secondaries very long and tapering; tail of twelve feathers, 

 rounded or nearly even. Tongue extremely slender, grooved above, taper- 

 ing to a horny point; oesophagus narrow, uniform; stomach rounded, 

 muscular, with the epithelium dense and longitudinally rugous; intestine of 

 moderate length and width; coeca rather long. Trachea much flattened, 

 with a single pair of inferior laryngeal muscles. 



HYPERBOREAN PHALAROPE. 



"rLoBIPES HYPERBOREUS, Lath. 



PLATE CCCXL.— Male, Female, and Young. 



Few individuals of this species are ever seen to the south of New York. 

 Near Boston I procured several, and my learned friend Thomas Nuttall 

 presented me with some that had been shot in the neighbourhood of 

 that city, as did Mr. John Bethune and Mr. Rodman of New Bedford. 



