BIRDS— PHALAROPODIDAE PHALOROPUS FULICARIUS. 
707 
Phalaropus, B r i s s o n . 
PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS, (Linn.) Ron. 
Red Phalarope. 
trivgafulicaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 
Phalaropus futicarius, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, 232.— Ib. Syn. 1828, 341.— Swainson, F. B-r. Amer. II, 1831, 407.— 
Kutt. Man. II, 236.— Ann. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 404 j pi. 255.— Ib. Syn. 239. —1b. Birds 
Amer. V, 1842, 291 ; pi. 339. 
Trivga glacialis, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 675. 
Phalaropus rvfus, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, 1811, 205. 
Phalaropus platyrhynchus, Temm. Man. II, 712. 
Figures —Edwards, Birds, III, pi. 142.— Vieill. Gal. Ois. II, pi. 270.— Wilson, Am. Orn. IX, pi. 73, fig. 4.— Aud. B. of 
Am. pi. 255 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 339.— Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, pi. 63. 
Sp. Ch. — Bill strong, fl.ttened, widened towards the end; wings long ; tail short ; legs short ; plumage thick and compact, 
like the swimming buds. Adult. Head above, space around the base of the bill, throat, and back, brownish black, feathers of 
the last edged broadly with pale ochre yellow ; wings and tail ashy brown, paler on the wing coverts; greater wing coverts 
widely tipped with white ; stiipe on the cheek white. Entire under parts deep brownish red, inclining to purple on the abdomen, 
and with a glaucous cast in very mature specimens ; under wing coverts and axillaries pure white ; bill greenish yellow ; feet 
dark bluish brown. Young. Entire upper parts light cinereous ; head above and wings darker, and mixed with blackish brown; 
head in front, and entire under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts white. Total length, about 7| inches ; wing, 5| ; 
tail, 2| ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, a inch. 
Hah. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; Asia ; Europe. 
List of specimens. 
Catal 
No 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. Collected by- 
No 
Length. 
Stretch 
f wings. 
Remarks. 
2001 
Unittd States. 
Spring 
S. F. Band 
New York 
1245 
do 
6655 
Shoal water bay, 
W. T. 
Nov. 24, 1854 
Gov. Stevens 
114 
Dr. Cooper 
8. 75 
16. 00 
Iris d u k brown, bill 
black and yellow. 
