244: STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Order LIMICOLiE. Shore Birds. 



Family PHALAROPODID,-^. Phalaropes. 

 Typical waders; food, insects, molluscs, crustaceans, etc. 



Genus GRYMOPHILUS Vieill. 



97-222-(G04). Cryiiiophiliis riilicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope; Gray Phalarope. 



Northern Indiana, rare, probable migrant, probably in Southern Michigan 

 (Butler's Birds of Indiana); embraced in Stockwell's Birds of Michigan; Dr. Steere 

 classifies it among Michigan migrants; Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that 

 this bird breeds in the Northern Peninsula, which, writes Dr. A. K. Fisher, seems 

 very improbable. 



Genus PHALAROPDS Bbiss. 



Northern Phalarope, nat. size. 



98-223-(603). Phalaropus lobatns (Linn.). Northern Phalarope; Red-necked 

 Phalarope. 



Exceedingly rare; "rare visitor" (Dr. Morris Gibbs); Dr. J. B. Steere classifies 

 this doubtfully as a Michigan migrant; record by R. B. Lawrence of occurence 

 of this bird at Monroe, Michigan (Forest and Stream, Vol. XXV, p. 372); Prof. 

 Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in Northern Wisconsin and presumably 

 in our Noithern Peninsula. I think he must refer to Wilson's Phalarope. 



Wilson's Phalarope, natural size. 



99-224-((>02). Phalaropus tricolor (VieilL). Wilson's Phalarope. 



" Common, irregular, transient, only occasionally seen, taken in May and Sept. 

 in Kalamazoo Co." (Dr. M. Gibbs); Dr. J. B. Steere puts it doubtfully among 

 the summer residents; W. A. Oldfield has taken it at Port Sanilac; taken by E. 

 E. Brewster at Iron Mountain, May 2, 1890; "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 northern counties of Indiana, where it breeds (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



