170 
RED LOBEFOOT. 
Immature or Youxg. — Phalaropiis fuscus. Lath. Ind. Oni. 2. 
776. Briss. Orn. 6. 18. 
Triuga fusca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 675. 
Triuga lobata. Bninnick. Ko. 171. 
Coot-footed Triuga. Edvo. Birds, pi. 46. 
Bro\ni Phalarope. Peiui. Arct. Zool. 2. 414. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 274. 
About seven inches in length : beak black : irides 
brown : the top of the head, the nape, the sides of 
the breast, the space between the beak and the eye, 
and also a small streak behind the eyes, deep ash : 
the sides and fore part of the neck are bright red : 
the throat, the middle of the breast, and all the 
under parts of the body are pure white, with the 
exception of the flanks, which are marked with large 
ash-coloured spots : the back, the scapulars, the wing- 
coverts, and the two middle tail-feathers are deep 
black ; the feathers on the top of the back and the 
scapulars are deeply bordered with red, and of the 
wing-coverts tipped with a white margin : on the 
vring is a transverse white band : the lateral tail, 
feathers are ash, edged with a straight white band : 
the legs are ashy-green. The female differs only in 
having a few dashes of red surrounding the eyes, 
in having the red on the breast less extended and 
varied with ashy feathers, and also smaller and 
fewer spots on the flanks. The young have the top 
of the head, the occiput, a spot behind the eyes, and 
the nape dusky-brown : the back, the scapulars, and 
the two middle tail-feathers are also dusky-brown, 
but all the feathers are deeply edged with clear red : 
the quills and wing-coverts arc dusky, edged and 
