. A practical handbook of British birds . lower-throat white, feathers more or lesssuffused and faintly tipped light vinaceous-buff ; flanks white moreor less suffused buff, streaked pale sepia centrally ; rest of under -parts white ; tail-feathers narrower and more pointed at tip thanin adult, central ones edged buff ; wing as adult but innermostsecondaries and coverts as scapulars, lower median coverts broadlyedged white or buff. First winter and first summer.—(Not examined.) Soft parts.—Bill blackish ; legs and feet (ad. summer) darkblue-grey, (juv.) blue-flesh ; iris brown-black. Measureme
. A practical handbook of British birds . lower-throat white, feathers more or lesssuffused and faintly tipped light vinaceous-buff ; flanks white moreor less suffused buff, streaked pale sepia centrally ; rest of under -parts white ; tail-feathers narrower and more pointed at tip thanin adult, central ones edged buff ; wing as adult but innermostsecondaries and coverts as scapulars, lower median coverts broadlyedged white or buff. First winter and first summer.—(Not examined.) Soft parts.—Bill blackish ; legs and feet (ad. summer) darkblue-grey, (juv.) blue-flesh ; iris brown-black. Measurements and structure.—$ wing 106-110 mm., tail 43-47,tarsus 19-21, bill from feathers (12 measured). $ wing112-118, bill Primaries : 1st minute, 2nd longest, 3rdabout equal or 2-3 mm. shorter, 4th shorter, 5th 12-15shorter, 6th 19-23 shorter. Longest inner secondary between4th and 6th primaries. Bill short, straight, slender, slightly flattenedat base, tapering to a point. Nostrils basal ; nasal groove extending. 644 A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. nearly to tip of upper mandible. Other structure as in GreyPhalarope. Characters.—No subspecies. Distinguished from Grey Phalaropeby slender tapering bill, only slightly flattened ; and from otherwaders by partially webbed feet, anterior toes with a lobed lateralmembrane. Field-characters.—Distinguished from Grey Phalarope in breed-ing season by black bill, bright chestnut neck, white chin, under-pays and small but conspicuous spot over eye. In winter dressnape and streak through eye are dusky-brown, back not pearly asin Grey, but dark grey freckled with white, whilst tail is longerand pointed. Call a soft pleep, pleep. Gladstone describesalarm-note as a hoarse chiss-ick, and Aplin speaks of a short quit, a rapid ket-ket ket-ket and chirra-chirra-chirra atnesting-places. Breeding-habits.—Haunts marshy ground, islets in rivers andlakes, etc. Nest.—A hollow in tussock of grass, lined with grasse
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