. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. HALAROPE (Plialaropus), a genus of birds ofthe family Lobipedidce (q. v.) ; having a rather long,slender, weak, straight bill, resembling that of thesandpipers, which, indeed, they otherwise muchresemble, although differing in their aquatic habits ;the greater part of their time being passed in swim-ming on the sea, where they seek molluscs andother email marine animals for their food. TheGray P. (P. lobatus), although formerly so rare abird in Britain that Pennant says he only knew oftwo instances of its occurrence
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. HALAROPE (Plialaropus), a genus of birds ofthe family Lobipedidce (q. v.) ; having a rather long,slender, weak, straight bill, resembling that of thesandpipers, which, indeed, they otherwise muchresemble, although differing in their aquatic habits ;the greater part of their time being passed in swim-ming on the sea, where they seek molluscs andother email marine animals for their food. TheGray P. (P. lobatus), although formerly so rare abird in Britain that Pennant says he only knew oftwo instances of its occurrence in his time, is now460 not mifrequently seen in its autumn migration fromits northern abode to its southern winter-( breeds in the Arctic regions both of the old andnew world, migrating southward in both on theapproach of winter. Its entire length is rather morethan eight inches. The tail is short. It is a beau-tiful bird, and remarkable for the great difference ofits summer aud winter plumage, the prevailing tintin winter being a delicate gray, whilst in summer. Gray Phalarope (P. lobatus). the upper parts exhibit a fine mixture of black,white, and yellow, and the breast and under partsare reddish chestnut.—The IIed-necked P. (, or Lobipes hyperboreiis, a generic dis-tinction being made by Cuvier and others, on accountof the sharper aud more slender bill), breeds in someof the northern Scottish islands, althougli it is morecommon in more northern regions, and, like theformer, is found in all the northern parts of the is rather smaller than the Gray P., and is, like it,very graceful in form and movements, and finelycoloured. The phalaropes are very fearless of man,and very easily tamed. Their flesh is oily andimpalatable. PHALLUS, a representation of the male gener-ative organs, used at certain Dionysian festivalsin ancient Greece, as a symbol of the powers ofprocreation. It was an object of common wor-ship throughout the nature-religion of t
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