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THE GREY PHALAROPE. 
Phalaropvs lobatus, Latham. 
PLATE XIX 
Phalaropus lobatus, Lath. Ind. — P. platyrhynchus, Ternm— 
Grey and Red-coat-footed Tiinga, Edtc. (wint. and sum. 
plum.) — Grey Phalarope of modern British authors. 
Specimens of the Grey Phalarope are now obtained 
in various localities, almost every autumn and win- 
ter, so that, although they cannot be accounted of 
frequent occurrence, they are not considered so 
valuable to collectors as some of the Ti'ingm we 
have already had occasion to describe. Mr. Yarrell 
mentions many instances of its occurrence in the 
south ; and one or two, killed on the eastern shores 
of the north of England, have been seen by our- 
selves. In Scotland, specimens are also at times 
brought in to collectors, and a few have come under 
our notice freshly killed, both from the Frith of 
Forth and from the Solway, all during winter, or 
when they had attained their complete or nearly 
complete grey plumage. This, indeed, is the most 
frequent dress in which they are met with in Bri- 
tain, a few specimens being killed in autumn when 
