. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 220 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PHALAROPE Steganopus tricolor / 'Icillot A. O, U. Xumber 224 See Color I'late 30 Other Name.â Summer Phalarope. General Descriprion.â Lengtli, 9 inches. Color above, graj'; bill longer than head and very slender; front toes with marginal webs, but the membrane not scalloped. Color.â Adult Male in Summer: Forehead, crown, and upper parts in general, including wings and tail, dull grayish, streaked on back, shoulders, and wing- coverts with darker gray; lores and a broad stripe over and behind eye, whitish ; throat and a
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 220 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PHALAROPE Steganopus tricolor / 'Icillot A. O, U. Xumber 224 See Color I'late 30 Other Name.â Summer Phalarope. General Descriprion.â Lengtli, 9 inches. Color above, graj'; bill longer than head and very slender; front toes with marginal webs, but the membrane not scalloped. Color.â Adult Male in Summer: Forehead, crown, and upper parts in general, including wings and tail, dull grayish, streaked on back, shoulders, and wing- coverts with darker gray; lores and a broad stripe over and behind eye, whitish ; throat and a patch on nape, white; rest of under parts, dull white, washed on side with pale yellowish ; a rusty area on side of neck, bor- dered above with dusky; dusky spot in front of eye and an indistinct one of the same color, behind; bill, dusky; feet, dull horn ; iris, brown. Adult Female in Summer: Crown, pale ash changing to white on a narrow stripe on back of neck, this color changing again on back to ash, continuing down and becoming white on rump and upper tail-coverts; a hrnad black area cniniitcnciiu; behind eye, riinnmg halfway dozfn neck ivhere it'idcn- iiig and chan(/inr/ into rich pnrplish-chcstnut, extending along back in a narrower streak: shoulders, the same color, bordered on each side with grayish ; wings, pale grayish-brown; primaries, dusky; tail, mottled with gray and white; chin and throat, pure white; rest of under parts, tvhite: sides of neck, breast, and flanks washed with ])ale rufous; a large white spot over eye, bordered in front with black streak; a smaller spot of white below eye; bill, dusky; feet, horn blackish; iris, brown; no zvhitc patcli on zving. Adults in Winter: Crown, back of neck, and ujjper parts, ashy-gray, each feather usually edged with whiter; wing-coverts and secondaries, dusky-gray edged with pale yellowish- white; primaries, plain dusky; upper tail-coverts, line over eye, and under parts, white, shaded on sides of breast with grayish;
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