GRAY PHALAROPE. 
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"Cm crown, black, barred transversely 
dll lines of white ; throat, sides of the neck, and lower 
PSrts^ white, thickly and irregularly barred with curving 
.'*“es of reddish chocolate; upper parts, of a deep 
; I'ereous blue, streaked with brownish ycUow and 
; the back scapulars, broadly edged with brownish 
^how; wings and rump, dark cinereous; greater wing- 
. .'*•'18, broadly tipt with white, forming a large band; 
l^’J'aries, nearly black, and crossed with white below 
coverts ; tail, plain olive, middle of its coverts 
*^k, their sides bright brownish yellow ; vent, white, 
(•b**** f'^atbers immediately next to the tail, reddish 
Y ®®olate ; legs, black on the outside, yellowish within. 
I *''gth nine inches, hreadth fifteen inches and a half; 
Y’Sfh of hind toe, independent of the claw, one-eighth 
. .“a inch. Male. The inner toe is connected to the 
"Idle one by a membrane as far as the first joint, the 
’"'■r toe much farther : hence the feet may be properly 
’pr'?*®d scmipalmate ; webs and lobes, finely pectinated, 
ev/- .conformation of the feet is pretty accurately 
pl';"hited in Edwards’s plate. No. .308. The gray 
^ *larope is a rare bird in Pennsylvania, and is not 
i^V;",niet with in any part of the United States. The 
jl"''''.dual from which our description u’as taken, was 
L in a pond in the vicinity of Philadelphia, in the 
.fj c part of May, 1812. There were three in company, 
sii ^.Pcson who shot it had )\ever seen one of the 
ji’Ccics before, and was struck with their .singular 
^^uners. He described them as swimming actively 
the margin of the pond, dipping in their bill very 
"n, as if feeding, and tvirniug frequently. In conse- 
of our specimen being in a state of putridity 
dilf^'* *’ooeived, it was preserved with considerable 
culty, and the sex could not be ascertained. 
s,^^n the spring of the year 18 IG, my friend, Mr Le 
iiir individual of this 
She V"* shot, in Boston Bay, a young 
tio*!.** ■ ccown, dark slate, tinged with yellowish brown ; 
throiit, line over the eye, belly, and vent, white ; 
1 , ®^hlers, breast, and sides, tawny or fawn colour; 
ck, dark slate, paler near the rump, the feathers edged 
