Phalarope
the popular name of any individual of the genus Phalaropus, extending throughout northern Europe and northern Asia. The red or rednecked phalarope (P. hyperboreus), about the size of a san sandpiper, has the upper parts blackish-gray, the feathers edged with red, sides of the neck chestnut; thorax, breast, and belly white. The gray phalarope (P. fulicarius) is so called from the prevailing hue of its winter plumage; in summer the upper | parts exhibit a mixture of black, white, and yellow; breast and under parts reddish chestnut. It is rather larger than the first species. Wilson's phalarope (P. wilsonii) is a North American bird; the lobes of the toes have a narrower border, and the legs are longer and slenderer PHALLISM PHASCOLOMYS than in the other species. They feed on Britain. There is also an American minute crustacea, and their flesh is oily and unpalatable.