*^J'<3er  VII.  GRALL^i. 
Family  III.  Scor.oPAcir»ji:. 
The 
sixth  Subfamily, 
Have 
tile  Bill 
PHALAROPODINiE,  or  Phalaropes, 
as  long  as,  or  longer  than,  the  head,  more  or  less  slender  and  straight ; the  culmen  straight. 
^Xcept  at  th  ' • • ~ ~ 
tijg  which  is  curved ; the  sides  of  the  upper  mandible  grooved  for  nearly  its  whole  length ; 
Tail  i^^  lateral  groove,  with  the  opening  linear:  the  "Wings  long  and  pointed:  the 
base  rounded : the  Tarsi  short,  and  more  or  less  robust : the  Toes  moderate,  united  at  the 
'Hiore  or  less  lobed  on  the  sides  to  the  tips ; the  hind  toe  short,  elevated,  and  margined  slightly 
a 
^htow  membrane 
Ph  ALAROPUS  jBms.* 
ag  Jq  ^ 
^^'^ards  tl  i^nnger  than,  the  head,  more  or  less  slender,  but  sometimes  enlarged  and  depressed 
Sroove  ^ i®  curved  and  acute ; the  sides  grooved  for  nearly  its  whole  length,  in  which 
and  placed,  with  the  opening  basal,  linear,  and  partly  closed  by  a membrane.  Wings 
^ound^d  with  the  first  and  second  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail  more  or  less  short  and 
Wral  to  loHHaCi'  than,  the  middle  toe,  rather  robust  and  compressed.  Toes  long ; the 
^css  1 n middle  by  a membrane  that  runs  along  the  margin  of  each  toe,  which  is  more 
and 
lob  (J  Kfj  a.  1 uus  uluxig  tiiti  margin  oi  eacii  xoGj  wuicu  lo  muit; 
acute  ' hiiad  toe  moderate,  elevated,  and  slightly  margined  by  a membrane ; the  claws  short 
Th, 
^*aters.  inhabitants  of  the  northern  regions,  but  migrating  to  the  more  temperate  climes  during  severe 
^ *^catag  of  usually  observed  in  pairs,  or  in  small  parties,  swimming  about  on  the  sea,  or  on  lakes,  ponds,  and 
^'^staceoug  ^n'  “car  the  margins,  moving  quickly  in  seai’ch  of  floating  seeds,  aquatic  insects,  and  small 
®^cvated  ii  which  they  subsist.  They  swim  with  the  greatest  facility  and  swiftness,  and  their  flight  is  rapid 
^ t 0 air.  The  female  dej)osits  four  eggs  among  a tuft  of  herbage  in  the  marshes. 
‘'’*^'18  Birds,  pi.  142.  — Pha- 
; Ph.  platyrhynchos  Temm.;  Ph.  rufcscens 
73  f'h  Grnei  a Triiiga  lobata  Lepechin;  Tr. 
o Amer.  pi.  255.,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi. 
PI.  '‘yperbZj)r'-^'^^T  P' 
H.  ^--Phalar  PI.  enl.  766.,  Edwards’s  Birds, 
Ti'in^'**''^®Ph  '="iereus  Briss.  ; Ph.  angustirostris  Naum.  ; 
On  “■  P’  *•  ’ Ph.  cinerascens  Pall.  ; 
'« • Edwards’s  Birds,  pi.  46.  ; Tr.  lobata  Linn. 
Edwards’s  Birds,  pi.  308.,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  336.,  Audub.  B.  of 
Amer.  pi.  254.  j Type  of  Lobipes  Cuv.  (1817). 
3.  P.  WiUomi  Sab.  Faun.  Bor.  Amer.  Birds,  pi.  69.  — Phala- 
ropus  lobatus  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  73.  f.  3.  ; Lobipes  incanus 
Jatd.  Selby,  Illustr.  of  Orn.  pi.  I6.  ; Ph.  frenatus  Vieill.  Gal. 
des  Ois.  t.  271.  ; Ph.  fimbriatus  Temm.  PI.  col.  270. ; Ph.  steno- 
dactylus  Wagl.  Isis  (1831),  p.  525..'’  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  254. ; 
Type  of  Ilolopodius  Pr.  Bonap.  (1828). 
by  Bi' 
^^^opodhig  of  “1  i.<Jrnnnoiogie,  vi.  p. 
t e Prince  of  Canino  (1828),  and  Amblyrhynchus  of  Mr.  Nuttall  (1834). 
^usson  in  I76O  {^Omithologie,  vi.  p.  12.).  Crymophilus  of  Vieillot  (1816)  is  coequal. 
It  embraces  Lobipes  of  Cuvier 
“”e,  1848. 
