330 PR^XOCIAL GEALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



individuals and two nests were obtained. The nests are said to liave been precisely 

 similar to those of L. lobatus — mere depressions in the ground, with hardly any 

 lining except a few dry leaves. One nest — found on the 4th — contained three eggs, 

 Avhicli were perfectly fresh. The other — taken on the 5th — contained four eggs, in 

 which were but slightly developed embryos. 



The eggs of this species found by Mr. MacFarlane on an island in Franklin Bay, 

 on the Arctic coast, measure 1.30 inches in length by .87 of an inch in breadth. 

 Their ground-color is greenish drab, marked with blotches of a varying intensity of 

 sepia-brown, larger, more confluent, and deeper in tint on the obtuse end. The small- 

 est specimens of this Q^g measure .85 by 1.15, and one egg is .90 in breadth. 



Genus LOBIPES, Cuvier. 



Lohipes, "Cuv, Rtg. Anim. 1817 " (type, Triiuja hyperlorea, Linn., = T. lohata, Linn.). 

 Char. Similar to Phalaropus, Ijut bill snbulate, and the nostrils strictly basal. 



L. lobatus. , 



Lobipes lobatus. 



THE NORTHEKN PHALAROPE. 



Tringa lohata, Linn. S. N. ed. lu, L 1758, 148 ; ed. 12, L 1766, 24t) (based on Edw. pi. 308). 

 Tringa hyperhorea, LiNN. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, 249 (based on Faun. Suec. 179 ; Edw. 143; Will. 270 ; 



Ray, 132. — Phalaropus cinereus, Buiss. Orn. VL 15). 

 Phalaropus hyperborcus (male), Lath. Ind. Orn. TL 1790, 775 (exel. syn. supposed female = P. 



fulicarius). — Nutt. Man. IL 1834, 239. — AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 118 ; V. 1839, 595, pi. 



215. —Cass, in ISaird's R. N. Am. 1858, 706. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 520, 

 Lobipes hijpcrborcus, Cuv. Keg. Anim. L ed. 1829, 532. — AuD. Synop. 1839, 240; B. Am. V. 1842, 



295, pi. 340. — CouES, Key, 1872, 248; Check List, 1873, no. 410; 2d ed. 1882, no. 603; 



B. N. W. 1874, 469. — RiDGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1882, no. 564. 

 Tringa fusca, Gmel. S. N. L ii. 1788, 675. 

 Phalaroims ritfwollis, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. IL 1826, 203. 

 Phalaropics cinerasccns. Pall. t. c. 204. 

 Phalaropus cinereus, Meyer & Wolf, Tascli. II. 1810, 417. 

 Phalaropus angustirostris, Naum. Viig. Deutscld. VIII. 1836, 240, pi. 205. 

 " Phalaropus austirtlis, Temm. & Bp." (Sciilegel). 

 Phalaropus JFilliamsii, Simm. Linn. Trans. VIII. 264. 



Hab. Northern portions of tbc northern hemisphere ; breeding very far north, and not pene- 

 trating far within the tropics in winter ; chiefly, but not strictly, maritime. In America, recorded 

 from the following southern localities : Bermudas ; Duenas, Guatemala ; Isthmus of Tehuan- 

 tepec. 



Sp. Char. Adult: Aljove, dark idumbeous, the back striped with ochraceous; wings dusky, 

 the greater coverts widely tipped with white ; lower parts chiefly white, the neck with more or 



