04 GREY PHALAROPE. 
GREY PHALAROPE* (Phalaropus fulicarius.) 
PLATE LXXIII.—Fie. 4. 
Tringa fulicaria, Linn. Syst. ed. 10, tom. i. p. 148, 6.—Tringa glacialis, Gmel. 
Syst. i. p. 675, 2.—T. hyperborea, var. B, Jd. p. 676.—Le Phalarope, Briss. 
Orn. vi. p. 12, No. 1.—Phalaropus rufescens, Jd. p. 20.—Phalaropus lobatus, 
Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 776, 2.—P. glacialis, Jd. No. 3.—Red Phalarope, fem. Gen. 
Syn. iii. p. 271.—Grey Phalarope, Id. p. 272, 2.—Plain Phalarope, Id. p. 273, 
3.—Grey Phalarope, Penn. British. Zool. No. 218.—Arct. Zool. No. 412.— 
Red Phalarope, Jd. No. 413.—Plain Phalarope, Id. 415.—Red Coot-footed 
Tringa, Edw. pl. 142.—Grey Coot-footed Tringa, Id. Gleanings, pl. 308.—Le 
Phalarope Rouge, Buffon, Ots. viii. p. 225.—Le Phalarope 4 festons dentelés, 
Id. p. 226.—Grey Phalarope, Montagu, Orn. Dict. and Appendix to Supp.— 
Bewick, ii. p. 132.—Le Phalarope Gris, Cuv. Reg. Anim. i. p. 492.—Le Phala- 
rope Rouge, Jd. ibid.— Phalaropus platyrhinchus, Temm. Man. d’Orn. p. 712. 
—FPeale’s Museum, No. 4088. 
PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS.—BonAPARTE.t 
Phalaropus hyperborea, Ord, 1st edit. of Supp. p. 75.—Phalaropus fulicarius, 
Bonap. Synop. p. 341.—Nomenclature, No. 232.—Phalaropus lobatus, Grey 
Phalarope, lem. Br. Anim. p. 100.—Grey Phalarope, Selby, Illust. Br. 
Ornith. 2d ed. pl. 28. 
Br pretty stout and wide, slightly compressed at the tip, 
depressed on the lower half; upper mandible, carinate ; nos- 
trils, subovate, a short distance from the base ; feet, semipal- 
mate; lobes of the toes, broad, and greatly scalloped ; hind 
toe, barely touching the ground ; bill, reddish orange at the 
* Named in the plate, red phalarope. 
+ This bird is here represented in the change from the summer or 
breeding state to that of the grey plumage of its winter dress, in which 
alternations it bears a strong resemblance to the knots and godwits, &c. 
It will show an example of the genus Phalaropus ; indeed, it is the only 
one hitherto discovered.* The form appears more stout, from the short- 
ness of the legs, and it is also distinguished from Lobipes by the flattened 
or depressed bill, and more than usually fleshy tongue. They are 
expert swimmers, are often found out at sea, and their whole manners 
on the water resemble more those of a truly aquatic bird than of a form 
allied to the 7ringe. Bonaparte mentions, that this bird is rare and 
accidental, and during winter only found in the United States, extend- 
ing its migrations to Florida,—Eb. 
* Dr Richardson thinks that another species will be found in the plain phala- 
rope of Pennant, and proposes the name of P. glacialis for it,—ED. 

