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TRINGINiE. LOBIPES. 
ral muscles, large tendons, and dense, longitudinal, rugous 
epithelium ; intestine of moderate length and width ; coeca 
moderate, cylindrical. Eyes small. Nostrils basal, linear. 
Aperture of ear roundish and moderate. Legs of moderate 
length, slender ; tibia bare to a considerable extent ; tarsus 
much compressed, thin-edged anteriorly ; first toe diminu- 
tive ; anterior toes of moderate length, the second slightly 
shorter than the fourth ; the three connected at the base by 
webs, of which the outer is longer, and laterally margined 
with a lobed and pectinated membrane ; claws very small, j 
curved, compressed, pointed. Plumage full, soft, blended ; 
feathers oblong and much curved ; wings long, pointed, the 
first quill longest ; secondaries fifteen, incurved, the inner j 
very long and tapering ; tail rather short, much rounded, of j 
twelve feathers. 
This genus differs from Phalaropus chiefly in having the | 
bill more slender, depressed, and tapering to a point, instead 
of becoming enlarged toward the end. There is, however, 
little difference in the habits of the species of these two 
genera. 
193 . Lobipes hyperboreus. Hyperborean Lobefoot. 
In winter, the forehead, cheeks, fore-neck, and all the )j 
lower parts wdiite ; the upper part of the head, a band below 
the eyes, and a narrow band along the hind neck, blackish- 
grey ; upper parts of the body greyish-black, streaked with 
white ; wings with a white band. In summer, the upper i) 
parts blackish -grey, the feathers of the back and the scapu- 
lars edged with light red, of which colour are the sides and j 
fore part of the neck ; throat, breast, and abdomen white ; , 
sides grey ; wings with a white band. Young with the up- 
per parts blackish-brown, the feathers bordered with light 
red ; quills and wing-coverts brownish-black, edged and tip- 
ped with white; forehead, throat, fore-neck, breast, and abdo- 
men white ; sides of the neck tinged with reddish-yellow. 
Mo Ip 73 14.1 48JJ10 8 2 
male, / 4 , *iTS9 12? TV? I?> llf 
This species breeds in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, 
where it inhabits the margins of the lakes, forming its nest in 
the grass near the edge of the water, and depositing four 
ovato -pyriform eggs, of a light olive or oil-green colour, spot- 
ted with brownish-black. It swims with great ease, but is 
