STEGANOPUS WILSONI, WILSON'S PHALAROPE. 467 



STEGANOPDS WILSOXI, (Sab.) Coues. 

 Wilson's Plialarope. 



(?) Tringa (jladalis* Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 67.5 (based on Plain Phalarojie of Penx., 

 Arct. Zool. ii, 495, No. 41.5, and Lath., Syn. v, 17.3. 



(?) Phalaropus fjlaciaJis, Lath., lud. Oru. 1790, 77G (same basis). 



(?) Ainbhirlu/iivhitH (jladalis, Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 247 (same basis). 



Phalaropns loluduH, OiJD, ed. WiLS., Am. Orn. ix, 1825, 72, pi. 73, tip;. 3. (Not of Linvams.) 



Phalaropits idhoni, Saij., Ayjp. Frank. Journ. 1823. 691.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 

 405. pi. 69 (north to the Saskatchewan, latitude 54'^).— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 

 2451— AUD., Oru. Bio<r. iii, 18.35, 400, pi. 254.— Gkay, Gen. of B. iii, pi. 158.— 

 Bd.. B. N. a. 1858. 705.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860, No. 199— Hayd., Rep. 



1862, 174 (Lower Missouri, abundant).- ScL.,P. Z. S. 1864, 179 (city of Mexico, in 

 breeding plumage). — Allen, Pr. Ess. lust, iv, 1864, 86 (Massachusetts).— 

 Dkess., Ibis, 1866, 35 (Texas).— Sal v., Ibis, 1866, 198 (Guatemala).— Allex, 

 Bull. M. C. Z. iii. 1872, 182 (Great Salt Lake).— Lawh., Auu. Lye. N. Y. viii, 



1863, 295 (New York) — Schl., Mus. Pays-Bus, Scolojntces, CO.— Stev., U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 466 (Wyoming).— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 10 (Kansas). — 

 Pelz., Orn. 313 (Brazil). 



Phalaropns {Holopodiiis) idlmni, Bp., Syn. 1828, 342, No. 279 ; A. 0. iv, 1832, 59, pis. 24, 25. 

 Eolopodias wihoiii, Bp., Comp. & Geog. List, 1838, 54.— Less., Tr. Oru. 1831, .563. 

 Lohipcs idhoni, Aud., Syn. 1839, 2411 B. Am. v, 1842, 299, pi. 341.— GiR., B. L. L 1844, 



246.— P( TN., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 217. 

 Phalaropiin (Slcfiaiiopun) wilsoiii, Gkay, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 55, No. 10362. 

 Steganopm n-ilsoiii, Coues, Ibis, Apr. 1865 ; Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 97 (Colorado River) ; 

 • Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 186«, 292 (New England, rare or casual).— Allex, Mem. Bost. 



Soc. 1, 1868, 501 (Western Iowa).— Coues, Key, 1872, 248, fig. 161 (head). 

 Phalaropns Jreitatits, Vieill., Gal. Ois. ii, 1825, 178, pi. 271. 

 Phalaropns stenodactylus, Wagl., Oken's Isis, 1831, 523. 

 Phalarupiis Jiiubriatiis, Temm., Planches Coloriees, v, j)!. 270. 

 Lohipcs iiicanits, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. i, pi. 16. 

 Stctjanopns tricolor, Vieill. 

 Lobipcs antarcticus, Less.— (See Frazer, P. Z. S. 1843, 118; Scl., iftiU 1867, 332.— Pelz., 



Novara Rcise, Aves, 132).— Philippi, Cat. 37. 



Hah. — United States ami British Provinces, generally. North to the Saskatchewan. 

 Rare or casual in the Eastern Uuited States. Common in the Mississippi Valley aud 

 westward. Breeds in Western Uuited States aud in the interior of the fur countries 

 iu the lower latitudes. Mexico, Central aud South America, in winter. 



lAeutenant Wairen's Expedition. — 4876-80, Omaha and Council Blufis ; 5444-5, Medicine 

 Creek. 



Later Expeditions. — 60376, Camp Carling, Wyoming. 



Not procured by Captain Raynolds' Expedition. 



Adult in breeding dress: Bill, legs, aud feet, pure black ; crown of head, pale asb, 

 passing into white along a narrow strip on the nape. A n rrow, distinct, pure ■white 

 line over the eye. Sides of neck intense purplish-chestnut, or dark wine-red ; ante- 

 riorly deepening uijon the auriculars iuto velvety black ; i)osteriorly continued, some- 

 what duller in tint, as a strijjc along each side of the back to the tips of the scapulars. 

 Other ui>per parts pearly-ash, blanching on the rump aud upper tail-coverts. Wings 

 l)ale, dull grayish-brown ; the coverts slightly white-tii)ped, the primaries dusky- 

 brown, their shafts brownish-white, except at tip. Tail marbled with i)early-gray 

 and white. All the luxler jiarts pure white, but tiie forepart and sides of the breast 

 washed with pah; chestnut-brown, as if witli a weuk solution of the rich color cm the 

 neck, and a faint tinge of the same along the sides of the body to the Hanks. The 

 female is identical with tiie male in coh)r. 



Specimens Just fully Hedged are in ai)lumage not generally known, and one of which 

 I have seen no ade(|Uate description : l$ill, blacki.sh, about 1.10 long; legs, dull yellow 

 (tarsus. 1.20; middle toe and daw, 1.05). Upper parts, including crown and upper 

 surface of wings, browuish-black, each feather edged with rusty-brown, very couspicu- 



• I do not agree with those authors who unhesitatingly refer the " VInin Phulnropc" 

 of Pennant and I-atham to 1'. fiilii-arin.t, as I am by no means satisfied it was not a 

 yoiini/ Wilson's I'haIaro|)e. 'I'jie diagnosis given corres))onds ((uiteas will to the latter 

 as to the former, and iu one item, namely, " toes bordered with a jiiain or unseolloi)ed 

 membrane," is api)li(ablo oidy to the latter. I therefore range Jrint/a or I'halaropns 

 Oladulis here, with a ipiery. It is also (piite possible that .some of the older synonyms 

 adduced under /'. hj/prrhorcns may really belong to /'. irilnoni ; but they are so uncer- 

 tain, anil ditVtreut aci-oinits are so involved, that it would probably not be now possible 

 to detcimine the point, even were it particularly desirable to do so. 



