RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 
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specimens were obtained about the same time in Norfolk 
and Suffolk. 
In the " Zoologist " of May, 189 1, our friend Mr. Corbin, 
of Ringwood, had the pleasure of adding the bird to our 
list, with such particulars as to leave no doubt of the 
correctness of his identification. " On October 27th last," 
he writes, " a friend of mine was in the meadows, not far 
from the river, when he observed a bird, which he supposed, 
at first sight, was a wagtail, running about upon some 
weeds which were floating down the stream. On drawing 
closer .... he saw there were two birds, one of which 
slipped off the weeds, and proceeded to swim towards the 
opposite bank of the stream, drawing its head over its 
back (to use the words of my friend) like a teal when it 
swims. He shot it, and I had the chance of seeing 
the elegant little bird while it was still warm ; the other 
fortunately escaped. 
At first sight any lover of birds would see it was a 
phalarope, regardless of its characteristic feet ; but on 
comparison with a specimen of the grey species, which 
I chanced to possess, its specific differences were at once 
apparent, although the colours of both, being in winter 
garb, are somewhat similar. 
The smaller size and more slender build of the red- 
necked one were noteworthy, and a closer look at the 
beaks of the two species seems almost to support the 
generic distinction which has been proposed ; for whilst 
that of the ' grey ' is broader and compressed towards the 
point, that of the ' red ' is gradually tapering through 
its entire length from base to point. 
The little bird in question weighed just one ounce, 
and on dissection it proved to be a male." 
This species is omitted by Mr. Meade- Waldo. 
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