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ORD. II. GEN. I. PHALAROPE. 



SPE. II. GREY PHALAROPE. 



Tringa lobata. 

 Le Phalarope. 



PI. 195. 



Lin. Syft. I. p. 249. 

 Brif. Orn. VI. p. 12. 



This fpecies is a very little bigger than the laft, but of nearly the fame 

 length. The bill is larger, black, and a little flatted at the tip : the hind part 

 of the neck is pale grey : back, rump, and fcapulars, deep dove colour, fpotted 

 with dufky; the fcapulars edged with yellow: wing coverts, dufky, edged 

 with white : quills, plain dufky : breaft, and belly, white : tail, dufky, edged 

 with afh- colour: legs, lead coloured. Individuals differ. One in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Latham has the whole top of the head, the fides, and chin, white : 

 hind part of the head and neck, dufky : the fcalloped membranes of the toes 

 yellowifh. In other refpefts it nearly anfwers our defcription above, and may 

 be fuppofed to differ only in age or fex. 



The grey phalarope is rare in this kingdom, yet lefs fo probably than the 

 red, as we have feen feveral fpecimens in different collections. Like the red it 

 is faid to be more common in America, but of its manners we have no infor- 

 mation. 







