Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species And ...
Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species And ...
Frank Michler Chapman
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223* Phalaropuslobatus {Linn.). Northern Phalarope. Ad. 9 in summer. — Upper parts slaty gray ; back and scapulars edged with ochraceous- butf ; sides and front of the neck rufous, more or less mixed with slaty gray ; rest of under parts white. Ad. 6 in summer.— Similar, but upper parts black, and with more ochraceous ; sides and front of the neck mixed with fuscous. Ads. in winter. — Upper parts grayish, more or less mixed with white ; tips of greater wing-coverts and sometimes part of the sec...ondaries white, occasion- ally with traces of rufous on the sides of the neck ; under parts white, more or less mottled with grayish on the breast. Im. — Upper parts black, edged with straw-color ; forehead white ; under parts white, breast sometimes lightly washed with buffy. L., 7*75; W., 4-ftO; Tar., -80; B., -85. Range.—" Northern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding in arctic latitudes; south in winter to the tropics" (A. O. U.). Washington, casual, one record, Sept. Long Island, common T.
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