706 U. S P. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Caial. Sex ft 
No. age. 
Locality. 
cohected 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by — 
Length. 
Stretch Wing, 
if wings. 
Remarks. 
7058 
10393 
434(1 
487J 
4880 
4S7fi 
4878 
4877 
£4-14 
5445 
C058 
8077 
O 
3 
May 6, 1857 
.May 20,185;. 
Dane county, Wis 
S. F. Band 
do 
9.011 
10.50 
9.50 
9.25 
9.50 
9.25 
lfi. CO 
16 25 
16.12 
16.75 
17.50 
16.75 
5.00 
5.00 
5.12 
5.75 
4.50 
9 
9 
9 
Omaha City, Neb 
....do 
do 
June 23,1858 

3 
Medicine creek 
8.25 
15.00 
4.75 
Sept. —,1836 
Lotapes, Cut. 
PHALAKOPUS HYPERBOREUS, (Linn.) T e m m . 
Northern Phalarope. 
Tringa hyperborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 176G, 249. 
Lobipes hyperboreus, " Cuv. R. A."— Bon. List, 1838.— Aun. Syn. 1839, 240.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 295 ; pi. 340. 
Paalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. Man. II, 1820, 709— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 118 : V, 595 ; pi. 215. 
Tringa lobata, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 
Tringa fasca, G.m. Syst. Nat. I, 1768, G75. 
PhaUuopus rvficollis, Pallas, Zoo?. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 203. 
Phalaropus cinerascens , Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 204. 
Figures— Buff. PI. Enl. 766— Edwards, Birds, III, pi. 143, 46, 308— Pallas, Zjog. II, pi. 62.— Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, 
pi. 25, fig. 2— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 254 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 340. 
Sp. Ch. — Bill short, straight, pointed ; wings long; (ail short; legs short. Mult. Neck encircled with a ring of bright 
ferruginous, and a stripe of the same on each side ; head above and neck behind sooty ash ; back, wings, and tail, browtii h 
black, paler on the rump, mixed with blight ferruginous on the back. Tips of greater wing coverts white. Sides and flank 8 
ashy, fiequently mixed with reddish; throat, breast, and abdomen white; bill and legs dark. Young. Entire upper parts 
brownish black ; many feathers edged and tipped with dull yellow and ashy ; under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts 
white. Total length, about 7 inches ; wing, 4| ; tail, 2| ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, ^ inch. 
Tlab. — The whole of temperate North America, Europe, Japan, (Mr. Heine, Japan Exp.) San Francisco, California, (Mr. 
Cutis.) 
A very widely diffused little species, and one of the handsomest and most graceful of the 
wading birds. Specimens from various parts of the world are precisely alike in specific 
characters. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex &. 
Age. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence ob- 
tained. 
Orig'l 
No. 
Collected by — 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
709 
2505 
66S3 
63h2 
1041.9 
6631 
6056 
6657 
4242 
6660 
3 
O 
Sept. 7, 1842 
Sept. 19, 1845 
Aug. 29, 1856 
7.50 
8.00 
7.50 
13.50 
13.50 
13.00 
Perry county, Pa 
Pngct's St.und, \V. r... 
Fort Steilacoom, W. T . 
Dr. Suckley... 
570 
571 
569 
568 
7, 
4.50 
dn 
'3' 
An.. 
8.50 
7.50 
8.00 
14.50 
13.75 
14.00 
4.60 
May 9, 1854 
Gov. Stevens.. . 
Iris brown ; feet light 
slate blue. 

Lt. Trowbridge 
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