. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . armine. Young with back andwings brown. 13-15; wing 8-9; tail 3;tarsus 4. United States. Wils., vii, 48, , f. 2 ; Aud., vi, 31, pi. 354; Nutt., ii, 8 ;Cass, in Bd., 704 nigricollis. Pam. , Phalaropes. This is likewise a small family ; the three speciescomprising it resemble sandpipers, but are imme-diately distinguished by the lobate feet; the toes are furnished with plain or scallopedme
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . armine. Young with back andwings brown. 13-15; wing 8-9; tail 3;tarsus 4. United States. Wils., vii, 48, , f. 2 ; Aud., vi, 31, pi. 354; Nutt., ii, 8 ;Cass, in Bd., 704 nigricollis. Pam. , Phalaropes. This is likewise a small family ; the three speciescomprising it resemble sandpipers, but are imme-diately distinguished by the lobate feet; the toes are furnished with plain or scallopedmembranes, like those of coots and grebes, but not so broad. The body is depressed,and the under plumage thick aud duck-like to resist water, ou which the birds swim withperfect ease aud grace. The wings aud tail are like those of ordinary sandpijjers ; thetarsi are much compfessed ; there is basal webbing of the toes besides the marginalmembrane ; the bill, and some other details of form, diflfer in each of the three birds inhabit the northern portions of both hemispheres, two of them atleast breeding only in boreal regions, but they all wauder far southward in FIG. 160. StUt. 248 PHALAKOPODIDiE, niALAROPES. GEN. 198, 199, 200. 198. Genus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. Wihons Phalarape. Membranes straight-edged; bill very slender, subulate. Leugtb 9-10; wing 5 ; tail 2 ; bill, tarsus, and middle toe, each, over 1, black. Adult ash}; upper tail coverts and under parts white; a black stripe from the eye down the side of the neck spreading into rich purplish-chestnut, which also vari-egates the back, and shades thethroat; young lacking these lastcolors. N. Am. Wils., ix, 72,pi. 73, f. 3; NuTT., ii, 245;AuD., V, 299, pi. 341; Cass, inEd., 705 wiLSONii.
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