. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XLI. PHALAHOPES 253 The toes have broad, rounded as though it were land. (Gray Phalarope.) Length, 7.]-8|; wing, b\ (5-5J) ; tail, 2J; tarsus, i; culmen, |. Nortli- ern parts of tlie northern hemisphere ; breeding far north, and wintering irregularly south to the Middle States, Ohio Valley, and Cape St. Lucas. 2. Northern Phalarope (223. Phaldropus lohMus).—In sum- mer a common, small, ocean-swimming, slender-billed, brightly marked and colored bird,
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XLI. PHALAHOPES 253 The toes have broad, rounded as though it were land. (Gray Phalarope.) Length, 7.]-8|; wing, b\ (5-5J) ; tail, 2J; tarsus, i; culmen, |. Nortli- ern parts of tlie northern hemisphere ; breeding far north, and wintering irregularly south to the Middle States, Ohio Valley, and Cape St. Lucas. 2. Northern Phalarope (223. Phaldropus lohMus).—In sum- mer a common, small, ocean-swimming, slender-billed, brightly marked and colored bird, with much of red, black, white, and gray in its plum- age. In winter the upper parts are gray- ish and white. This bird is often seen in great numbers on the ocean, scores of miles from shore, but is rarely seen on land except in its breeding region of the far north. Like the last species, its toes are furnished with broad, rounded lobes. (Red-necked Phalarope.) Length, 7-8 ; wing, i\ (4-45) \ t^i'i 2; tarsus, |; culmen, |. Northern hemisphere ; breeding in the far north, and wintering south to the tropics. 3. Wilson's Phalarope (224. Stegdnopus tricolor). — This in- land phalarope has its back ashy colored, with two stripes ex- tending from the bill past the eyes along the sides of the back to the rump, black in front, changing to chestnut near the tail. Wilson's Phalarope Its lower parts are Ifortlierii Phalarope. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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