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for example, in 1866 (see Mr. Gurney's pamphlet 

 giving a summary of the occurrences in that year), 

 1869, 1889, and in 1891, when a great number 

 were reported from Sussex, Hants, and Dorset. No 

 instance of its occurring in England in the red 

 plumage peculiar to the breeding season is known 

 to me, although occasionally specimens obtained in 

 autumn have a few red feathers showing through 

 the winter dress. An egg obtained in Iceland has 

 been figured by Prof. Newton {Proc, Zool. Soc, 

 1867, p. 165, pi. XV.), and others have been since 

 procured in Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. 



RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Phalaridopus hyper- 

 horeus (Linnasus). Length, 7 in. ; bill, O'S in. ; wing, 

 4-5 in. ; tarsus, 0"8 in. 



Breeds in Perthshire, Inverness, Sutherland, the 

 Hebrides, and Shetland ; ^ formerly also in Orkney. 

 It is an occasional autumn and winter visitant to 

 England, but very rare in Ireland, where it was 

 unknown until Nov. 1891, when one was shot at 

 Loughgilly, Co. Armagh (A. G. More, Irish Nat., 

 1892, p. 4, and Zool, 1892, p. 28). 



A small flock in S.W. Sutherland in autumn 

 {Zool, 1880, p. 506). One in Anglesea, Oct. 1893; 

 another near St. Leonards, Oct. 1895. The extreme 

 lightness of this little bird is remarkable, its weight 

 being only 1 oz. (ZooL, 1895, p. 449). 



Wilson's Phalarope has been reported to have 

 been found at Sutton Ambian, near Market Bos- 

 worth (Proc. Zool Soc, 1886, p. 297, and Zool, 1886, 



' The nest and eggs are figured by Pearson, p. 80. 



