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of the United States . 
the second joint, with the inner to the first ; edging membrane 
broad, deeply scalloped ; hind toe very short, the nail only 
touching the ground. Wings moderate. Tail rather long, 
much rounded. General form robust. 
Resembling Tringa, especially Hemipalama. Formed of 
but one species. 
277. Phalaropus fulicarius, Nob. Blackish varied with 
rusty, beneath rufous. 
Winter dress cinereous, beneath white. 
Young, ashy-brown, varied with yellowish-rufous, beneath 
white. 
Red Phalarope , Phalaropus hyperboreus , TVils. Am. Orn. 
ix. p. 75. pi. 73. fig. 4. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : rare, and accidental, 
and during winter only, in the United States ; extending its 
migrations to Florida : common in high northern American 
and Asiatic latitudes, where it breeds. 
SVBGENUS II. LOBIPES. 
Uobipes , Cuv. Phalaropus , Vieill. nee Cuv. 
Bill moderate, slender, smooth, cylindrical throughout, 
a little stoutish at base, subulate to the tip, point narrow, 
sharp ; upper mandible slightly curved upon the lower at 
tip, not exactly meeting, as in some Totani : nostrils not 
quite basal, linear : tongue filiform, acute. Tarsi rather long, 
moderately compressed ; toes somewhat elongated ; middle 
one connected with the inner to the first, and with the outer to 
the second joint ; edging membrane broad, deeply scalloped ; 
hind toe very short, the nail only touching the ground. Wings 
elongated. Tail rather short. General form slender. 
Swim more expertly, taking the w r ater even far at sea. 
Resembling Totanus, especially its subgenus Catoptropho- 
rus. But one species. 
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