BROWN PIIALAROPE. 
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We ferruginous; back part of the neck, deep ferru- 
I "ous, which descends on each side, and mingles with 
^ ® plumage of the back and scapulars, whicli are of 
clove brown, the feathers tipt u ith whitish ; wings 
tail, dark clove brown, some of the lessor coverts 
4ving a reddisli tinge ; the upper tail-feathers, tinged 
'til red at their tips, the under feathers, marked with 
"ite ou their inner webs ; irides, dark brown ; legs 
^"jl feet, dark plumbeous ; claws, long, of a dark horn 
cioiir; hind toe, independent of the claw, five six- 
®>iths of an inch long; the tertials, when the wing is 
cloi 
til 
'®cd, extend to within three-eighths of an inch of 
'tip of the primaries; weight, an ounce and three 
^.Wters ; length, nine inches and a half ; breadth, 
‘'tteou inches! This was a female; her eggs very 
Wall. 
j, ^0 the grand chain of animated nature, the phala- 
"Pes constitute one of the links between the waders 
|1"1 the web-footed tribes, having the form of the sand- 
j^Pers, n-ith some of the habits of the gulls ; the scal- 
!’*d membranes ou their toes enabling them to swim 
f 'lit facility. They are clothed with a thick coat of 
.'"lliers, beneath whicli, as in the ducks, lies a mass of 
to protect them from the rigours of the northern 
"ttates, of which they are natives. They do not 
Ppear to he fond of the neighbourhood of the ocean, 
. '^^ve generally found in the interior, about the lakes, 
and streams of fresh water, where they delight 
"Dger, swimming near the margin in search of seeds 
' "1 iuseiits. They .are no where numerous, are com- 
Un" ^ seen in pairs, and are so cxtremcljr tame and 
fn !'"'P'cious, that one may approach to within a few 
W of them. 
the genus lohipes of the Baron Cuvier is founded 
^Pou this species ; and it must be confessed that its 
lii^clers are sufficiently distinct from those of the 
tlnl "^^''olt follows, to authorize such a separation ; but 
®ss some new species should be discovered, we see 
b- ""propriety in associating' the two birds already 
taking care, however, to preserve a consistency 
