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Grounds to Alaska. In winter to the tropics, migrating chiefly 

 along the Pacific, less commonly in the interior and along the 

 Atlantic coast. 



A specimen in the Hurter collection was taken October 9, 

 1878, near St. Louis. One in Mr. J. D. Kastendieck's collection 

 was killed near Billings, and another in Mr. A. Lange's possession 

 was captured by him in Platte Co., Mo., opposite Leavenworth, 

 Kan. Specimens were obtained at Lincoln, Neb., August 23 

 and September 18, 1904, and May 14, 1905; taken also in Kan- 

 sas, May 25, 1883. 



224. Steganopus TRICOLOR (Vieill.). Wilson's Phalarope. 



Phalaropiis tricolor. Phalaropus lobatus. Phalaropus or Steganopus 

 Wilsoni. 



Geog. Dist. — From southern South America to Saskatchewan, 

 chiefly in the interior. Breeds from Wisconsin and northern 

 Nebraska, the mountains of Colorado and the Death Valley 

 northward; formerly in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. 

 Winters south of the United States. 



In Missouri this beautiful and graceful bird, formerly common, 

 must now be classed with the rarer transient visitants. It should 

 be looked for in the latter part of April and first of May and in 

 August and September. Earhest date in spring, April 22, 1880, 

 St. Louis, Hurter collection, and in fall, August 5, 1878, St. Louis, 

 Hurter collection. Mr. Currier found it near Keokuk, May 6, 

 1898. Mr. Tindall at Independence, May 1, 1900. There is a 

 fine specimen in Mr. Kastendieck's collection. Mr. H. Nehrhng 

 found it with young in July, 1884, in Lawrence Co., and it may 

 still be a local breeder in some parts of the state. In Hayden's 

 Report on the Natural History of the Upper Missouri in 1855, 

 '56 and '57, we read: ''Quite abundant during spring months 

 along marshy bottoms and lakes of the lower Missouri River." 



Family Recurvirostridae. Avocets and Stilts. 



225. Recurvirostra Americana Gmel. American Avocet. 



Geog. Dist. — From Guatemala and West Indies to lat. 54°, 

 rarely as far north as Great Slave Lake; common from Kansas 

 and Nebraska westward; now rare in the eastern United States 

 and accidental on the Atlantic coast. Breeds locally in most of 

 the western states, but now chiefly in Alberta, Assiniboia and 



