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down the outside of the interscapulars ; there is a similar stripe on the outer border of the 

 scapulars, and a tinge of the same colour on the throat. A spot before the eye, the sides of 

 the rump, tips of the lateral tail feathers, also stripes on their shafts and mottling on their 

 inner webs, the borders of the upper tail coverts, the chin, and under plumage, pure white. 

 A velvet-black band commences on the lores, includes the eye, and runs half way down the 

 neck, becoming broader after passing the ears. Bill and legs brownish-black. 



Form. — Bill much resembling that of a Tatler {Totanus chloropygius), but rather more 

 slender, the height at the base less, and ridge depressed throughout ; it is quite straight, and 

 nearly of equal breadth to the tip of the upper mandible, which is bent down. Nasal grooves 

 nearly obsolete, and close to the commissure. Head narrow ; forehead lengthened. Eyes 

 near the crown. Neck rather long. Wings equal to the tail, which consists of twelve fea- 

 thers, and has a double but very shallow emargination ; the exterior and middle feathers 

 equal. Tarsus rather stout ; compressed and two-edged as in the Sea-ducks ; fore toes 

 bordered by narrow membranes, that are very slightly or not at all contracted at the joints ; 

 and connected by short webs : the outer web, which is the longest, including only one joint 

 of the outer toe. Nails moderately curved, acute, and excavated beneath. 



Dimensions. 



Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. 



Length, total . . 10 6 Length of bill to rictus . 1 4§ Length of middle nail . 2 



„; of tail ..26 „ of naked thigh . 1\ „ of hind toe . .0 4 



,, of wing . .54 „ of tarsus ..15 „ of hind nail . 1 



,, of bill above .14 ,, of middle toe . .10 ,, of outer web . .0 3 



Other specimens are nearly an inch shorter than the above. — R. 



[172.] 2. Phalaropus hyperboreus. (Lath.) Hyperborean Phalarope. 



Genus, Phalaropus, Lath. 



Coot-footed Tringa. Edw., pi. 143 ; and pi. 46, young. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus et fuscus. Lath. Ind., ii., pp. 774, 775 ; sp. 1 and 4. 



Phalarope a hausse-col (Lobipes hyperboreus). Cuv. Reg. An., i., p. 533. 



Phalarope hyperbore {Phalaropus hyperboreus). Temm., ii., p. 700. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus {Red Phalerope). Sab. Frankl. Journ., p. 690. 



Accummee-sheeshick. Cree Indians. 



This Phalerope breeds on all the Arctic coasts of America, and resorts to the 

 shores of Hudson's Bay in the autumn. It was first made known by Edwards, 

 who figured specimens from thence. It frequents shady ponds, in which it swims 

 with ease and elegance, its attitudes much resembling those of the common 

 Teal ; and, like that bird, it is continually dipping its bill into the water, picking 

 up the small insects which constitute its food. Its eggs, two or three in number, 

 have an olive-yellow colour, and are closely spotted with blackish-brown. 



