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nereous ; beneath white. Young black, varied with pale yellow- 

 ish-brown ; front and beneath white. 



The geographical range of the Hyperborean Phalarope, 

 as its name implies, is nearly, if not quite, similar with that 

 of the preceding species. In summer it dwells and breeds 

 generally within the Arctic circle in both continents. It pen- 

 etrates into Greenland, Iceland, and Spitzbergen, is abun- 

 dant in the north of Scotland, in the Orkneys and Hebrides, 

 and is equally prevalent in Lapland, on the northern coasts of 

 Siberia, and between Asia and America, a transient visi- 

 ter on the shores of the Baltic, and seen only accidentally 

 in Germany and Holland. It sometimes, though very 

 rarely, penetrates inland as far as the lakes of Switzerland, 

 and in its natal regions visits lakes of fresh as well as salt 

 water. At the period of their migrations, in May and 

 August, they betake themselves to the open sea, particularly 

 in autumn, and are then gregarious, assembling in flocks : 

 at other times they are seen in pairs, and like the prece- 

 ding, have a constant habit of dipping the bill into the 

 water, as if in the act of collecting the minute molusca, 

 which may be floating in it. They are often also seen on 

 the wing, and are said by Willughby, to utter a shrill 

 clamorous cry or twitter, resembling that of the Greater 

 Tern. 



In Arctic America, where this Phalarope resides in the 

 mild season, it is seen to seek out shady pools, in which 

 it swims with peculiar ease and elegance, its attitudes much 

 resembling those of the Common Teal. It makes its nest 

 without much art, on the borders of the waters it frequents, 

 among the grass, upon some elevated tussock, laying 3 or 4 

 eggs, of an olive-yellowish color, so closely spotted with 

 blackish-brown as to obscure the appearance of the ground 

 color. They arrive to breed, around Hudson's Bay, about 

 the beginning of June, and old and young are seen to 



