. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. <^-r/r-. RED PHALAROPE. GRAY PHALAROPE. SEA GOOSE. WHALE BIRD. Crymophilus FL'LICARIUS. Char. Female in summer ; above, black, the feathers of the neck and back with a rufous or buff margin ; wings gray, tipped with white ; checks white ; bill orange ; under parts reddish chestnut ; legs and feet yellow ; toes lobed. Male : duller, white on clieek less defined, and head streaked with rufous or buff. In winter t
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. <^-r/r-. RED PHALAROPE. GRAY PHALAROPE. SEA GOOSE. WHALE BIRD. Crymophilus FL'LICARIUS. Char. Female in summer ; above, black, the feathers of the neck and back with a rufous or buff margin ; wings gray, tipped with white ; checks white ; bill orange ; under parts reddish chestnut ; legs and feet yellow ; toes lobed. Male : duller, white on clieek less defined, and head streaked with rufous or buff. In winter the rufous tints disappear and the plumage of the upper parts becomes gray and the under parts white, while the bill turns black. Length about 8'4 inches. A'csf. On a knoll in the si)ongy margin of a pond or saline pool, â a slight depression in the peat or moss, scantily lined with grass, moss, or leaves. .£"s'^j. 3-4; olive huff or sea green, spotted v>:th dark brown and pur- plish brown; X The Flat-Billed or Red Phalarope inhabits the whole Arctic Circle during summer, where, in the security of solitude, it passes the important period of reproduction. It is observed â 1 1 -li' i Jl. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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