GREY PHALAROPE. 
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of the same colour passing through the eyes: the nape, 
back, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers 
are brown-ash ; the feathers of the back, scapulars, 
and two middle ones of the tail being deeply bor- 
dered with yellowdsh : the rump is white, varied with 
brown : the quills are edged with white ; the wing- 
coverts are bordered and tipped with whitish-yellow ; 
and on the wing is a transverse white band : the fore- 
head, throat, sides, and fore part of the neck, the 
breast, and under parts of the body are pure white : 
the legs are yellowish-green : the beak is dusky- 
brown. 
Abundant in the north-eastern parts of Europe, 
on the confines of the Frozen Sea, and in Siberia, 
and other parts of Northern Asia, particularly about 
the borders of the Caspian Sea, where it is said to 
congregate : it is likewise very numerous in North 
America. In England it is very rare, and is only 
occasionally taken during its migrations, and appears 
to be solitary. Montagu says, " He once had an 
opportunity of seeing one swimming in a small pool 
of water left by the tide on the Sussex coast. It 
was continually dipping its beak into the water, as if 
feeding upon some insects, and so intent as to suffer 
him to approach within a few yards. It never at- 
tempted to dive, and when disturbed only flew a 
small distance, very like the Purre." 
It breeds in the arctic regions, and its food consists 
of winged insects, worms, and mollusca. 
