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THE RED PHALAROPE. 
blue. Upper part of the head black ; loral space and chin blackish-grey ; 
sides of the head, and a band round the occiput, white. Sides and fore part 
of the neck, breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts deep orange-red. Fore 
part of the back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, black, the feathers edged 
with whitish ; wing-coverts deep ash-grey ; quills dark greyish-brown, their 
shafts and basal parts white ; the ends of the secondary and primary coverts, 
and the basal part of the outer webs of the primaries, being white, a band 
of that colour is seen on the wing when it is extended. Upper tail-coverts 
orange-red ; tail deep grey, darker towards the end, slightly tipped with 
reddish. 
Length to end of tail 7$ inches, to end of claws 6f; extent of wings 13 ; 
wing from flexure 5 ; tail 2f ; bill along the back , along the edge of 
lower mandible l T y ; tarsus If ; middle toe ff, its claw T g. 
Adult Female in summer. 
The female has the upper part variegated with light red and brownish- 
black, the central part of each feather being of the latter colour, the upper 
tail coverts entirely of the former. Wings greyish-black, with a transverse 
white band ; tail deep grey as in the male. The lower parts are of a less 
pure red than those of the male, being paler and tinged with grey. 
Adult in winter. 
The winter piumage of the adult is very different in colour. The bill is 
nearly black, the feet as in summer. The upper part of the head, cheeks, 
fore part and sides of the neck, breast, abdomen, lower and upper tail- 
coverts, and a band across the wing, are white ; a brownish-black line from 
the eye to the occiput, which is of the same colour, as well as the middle 
of the hind neck. The back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, are ash-grey, 
the wings as in summer. 
Length to end of tail 7$ inches. 
