THE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE i8 



Messrs. Pearson and Bidwell, during their visit to 

 Northern Norway, repeatedly saw one female 

 attended by two males, and pertinently ask whether 

 this species is polyandrous ? The question is 

 certainly worthy of further investigation. 



The adult female Red-necked Phalarope in 

 nuptial plumage has the head, the back of the 

 neck, and the shoulders slate grey ; the remainder 

 of the upper parts of the body is grey ; the wings 

 are brown, the scapulars striped with chestnut, the 

 innermost secondaries narrowly and the greater 

 coverts broadly tipped with white ; the tail is also 

 brown, but the upper tail coverts are barred with 

 white. The chin and throat are white, the front 

 and sides of the neck chestnut, the upper breast 

 grey, the remainder of the under surface white, 

 flecked with grey on the flanks and under tail 

 coverts. The male in nuptial plumage is much 

 duller than the female, otherwise resembles her in 

 colour. In winter plumage the chestnut and grey 

 are absent from the neck, and the chestnut disappears 

 from the scapulars; whilst all the grey feathers of 

 the upper parts are margined with white ; and the 

 forehead and entire under parts are white. Young 

 birds are brown on the breast, and the feathers 

 on the forehead, mantle, scapulars, innermost 



