202 Birds of Oregon and WasJiington 



Particular Description. — Back of head, back, and 

 wings, brownish-gray or grayish-brown ; upper tail-cov- 

 erts, rusty; tail, chiefly yellowish, varied with white, 

 dusky, and grayish ; forehead, stripe back of eye, hind- 

 neck or nape, throat, breast, and abdomen, white ; fore- 

 part of crown, stripe across lores, a band encircling 

 neck, and another upon breast, black ; eyelids, bright 

 orange-red in life. 



Summer resident. 



THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



General Description : 



Female : Upper parts, lead-color and blackish- 

 brown ; under parts, chestnut above, and white 

 below, separated by a lead-colored line. 

 Male: Smaller, with darker plumage. 

 Found in late summer and in autumn, and again in 

 the early spring, upon our coast. 



The Northern Phalaropes nest in the Arctic 

 regions, at least at, or above 55°. They stop 

 upon our shores for some time, both during the 

 northern and the southern passage, — their winter 

 home being along and below the California coast. 

 These birds are extremely interesting. They 

 seem to be only a Snipe, and yet we often find 

 them swimming quite far from land. Nature 

 has equipped them for this, for they have feet 



