PIIALAUOPE. 9 



7— BARRED PHALAROPE 



Phalaropns cancellatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 777. 

 Tringa cancellata, Gm. Lin. i. 675. 

 Barred Plialarope, Gen. Syn v. 274. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill one inch, black, shape 

 uncertain ; feathers on the upper parts of the body brown, edged 

 with white ; under parts white, transversely barred with dusky : 

 quills dusky, with brown ends, the margins and tips very pale : tail 

 the same, spotted on both webs with white ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Christmas Island. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



YOL. X. 



