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Synopsis of the Birds 
278. Phalaropus hyperboreus, Lath. Black varied with ru- 
fous, beneath white ; sides of the neck bright rufous. 
Winter plumage, cinereous, beneath white. 
Young, brownish varied with pale rufous, beneath white. 
Hyperborean Phalarope , Phalaropus hyperboreus , Nob, 
Am. Orn . in. Tringa lobata , and lyperborea , L . 
Inhabits the north of both continents : exceedingly rare 
and accidental in the United States, very common in the 
northern British Islands. 
SUBGEJSUS in. HOLO-PODIUS. 
Phalaropus , Vieill, Lobipes , Nob. Obs. Jardine and 
Selby lllus. of Orn. 
Bill long, very slender, smooth, flexible, cylindrical and of 
equal breadth throughout, subulate to the tip, point narrow, 
sharp, slightly curved : nostrils quite basal, linear-elongated ; 
tongue filiform, acute. Tarsi elongated, much compressed ; 
toes elongated ; outer connected as far as the first joint only 
to the middle one; inner almost divided; edging membrane 
narrow, sub-entire ; hind toe long, resting on the ground. 
Wings elongated. Tail moderate. General form slender. 
Resembling greatly the subgenus Totanus. 
279. Phalaropus wilsonii, Sabine. Bluish-gray, beneath 
white ; a chesnut patch, and a black band each side of the 
neck. 
Summer plumage unknown. 
Young, ashy-brown, varied with white and rufous, beneath 
white ; sides of the neck tinged with rufous, no black line. 
Gray Phalarope , Phalaropus lobatus , Wils. ix. p. 72. 
pi. 73. fig* 2. and Wilson's Phalarope , Phalaropus wilsonii , 
Nob. Am. Orn. iiu adult and young. Lobipes incanus , 
lllus. of Orn. pi. is. young ( 25 ). 
Inhabits the north of America, extending its winter migra- 
