. . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 225 RED PHALAROPE {Phalaropus fulicarius). Common or loca] names: Bank-bird; Brown Bank-bird; Gulf-bird; Sea-goose; Summer. Winter. Length. — to inches. Adult Female in Summer. — Above mottled and striped with black andpale brown or buff; chin, region all around base of bill, forehead, topof head, nape and much of hind neck black; wing dark ash, with awhite patch; cheeks and space above eye to black crown white; billorange; sides and front of neck and other under parts reddis
. . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 225 RED PHALAROPE {Phalaropus fulicarius). Common or loca] names: Bank-bird; Brown Bank-bird; Gulf-bird; Sea-goose; Summer. Winter. Length. — to inches. Adult Female in Summer. — Above mottled and striped with black andpale brown or buff; chin, region all around base of bill, forehead, topof head, nape and much of hind neck black; wing dark ash, with awhite patch; cheeks and space above eye to black crown white; billorange; sides and front of neck and other under parts reddish chestnutor wine red; tail black, gray and buff; legs and feet yellow. Adult —-Duller; white on cheek less pure and defined, and top ofhead streaked with rufous or buff. Fall and Winter Plumage. — Above mainly gray; head largely white; lowerparts white; wings more or less black and white; bill blackish. Field Marks. — Easily distinguished in breeding plumage, but in fall isknown by its dagger-shaped bill, deep at base and tapering to near other species have slim bills. Notes. — A musical clink, clink (Nelson). Range. — Northern and southern hemispheres. In North America breedsfrom northern
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