BIRDS—PHALAROPODIDAE—PHALOROPUS FULICARIUS. 
707 
Phalaropus, B r i s s o n. 
PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS, (Linn.) Bon. 
Red Phalarope. 
Tringa fulicaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249. 
Phalaropusfulicarius, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, 232.— Ib. Syn. 1828, 341.— Swainson, P. Bor. Amer. II, 1831, 407.— 
Nutt. Man. II, 236 .—Aud. Orn. Biog, III, 1835, 404 ; pi. 255 .—Ib. Syn. 239 .—Ib. Birds 
Amer. V, 1842, 291 ; pi. 339. 
Tringa glacialis, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 675. 
Phalaropus rufus, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, 1811, 205. 
Phalaropus platyrhynckus, Temm. Man. II, 712. 
Figures. —Edwards, Birds, III, pi. 142.—Yieill. Gal. Ois. II, pi. 270.—Wilson, Am. Orn. IX, pi. 73, fig. 4.—Aud. B. of 
Am. pi. 255 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 339.—Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, pi. 63. 
Sp. Ch.— Bill strong, flattened, widened towards the end; wings long ; tail short ; legs short ; plumage thick and compact, 
like the swimming birds. Mult. Head above, space around the base of the bill, throat, and back, brownish black, feathers of 
the last edged broadly with pale ochre yellow ; wings and tail ashy brown, paler on the wing coverts ; greater wing coverts 
widely tipped with white ; stripe on the cheek white. Entire under parts deep brownish red, inclining to purple on the abdomen, 
and witli a glaucous cast in very mature specimens ; under wing coverts and axillaries pure white ; bill greenish yellow ; feet 
dark bluish brown. Young. Entire upper parts light cinereous ; head above and wings darker, and mixed with blackish brown; 
head in front, and entire under parts white ; tips of greater wing coverts white. Total length, about 7| inches ; wing, 5| ; 
tail, 2f ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, | inch. 
Hah. —Entire temperate regions of North America ; Asia ; Europe. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Remarks. 
2001 
489 
1245 
6655 
United States. .. 
New York „ _ __ 
Spring_ 
S. F. Baird. 
1841. 
California_ 
.do. ... 
Shoalwater bay, 
W. T. 
Nov. 24, 1854 
Gov. Stevens- 
114 
Dr. Cooper_ 
8. 75 
16. 00 
Iris dark brown, bill 
black and yellow. 
