AMERICAN LOBEFOOT. 
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sembles that of the Sandpipers, and is but little de- 
pressed at the base. 
The feet are in all respects similar to those of the 
Phalaropes. 
AMERICAN LOBEFOOT. 
(Lobipes Wilsoni.) 
Lo. supra cinerea pennis castaneis variis, suhtus alba, tectricibus 
alarum atro-cinereis, guld alba. 
Lobefoot above ash-colour, vai-ied with chesnut-coloured feathers, 
beneath white, the wing- coverts dark ash-colour, the throat 
white. 
Phalaropus Wilsoni. Sabine, Frank. Voy. App. 691. 
American Phalarope. Sabine, I. c. 
Described by Mr. Sabine, in the Appendix to 
Franklin's Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 
and named by him as above in compliment to the 
distinguished author of American ornithology. The 
following is the notice given : " The specimen, when 
extended, measures ten inches and a half in length : 
the beak is ten inches and a quarter long, black, 
narrow at the base, and slender, the whole of its 
length having a very slight incurvation : the upper 
mandible is flattened and turned downwards a little 
at its termination, and covers the end of the lower 
mandible : the forehead and top of the head are a 
