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and flocks of from 10 to 50 birds rose from in front of the boat, at intervals 

 all morning. They flew in compact flocks, low over the water, and alighted 

 again when some distance away. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Arctic regions of both Old and New Worlds; south in 

 winter to South Africa, India, China, and southern South America. 



Breeding range. — In the Old World the red phalarope breeds on 

 the Arctic coast from Iceland east to Nova Zembla, the Taimur Pen- 

 insula, and the islands and coast of Siberia to Bering Sea. The race, 

 jourdaini, breeds in Spitsbergen, Iceland, and eastern Greenland. 



In the Western Hemisphere the breeding range extends north to 

 Alaska (probably St. Lawrence Island, Cape Prince of Wales, Cape 

 Lowenstern, Point Barrow, and the Colville delta) ; Mackenzie (Ren- 

 dezvous Lake and Franklin Bay) ; northern Franklin (Bay of Mercy, 

 Winter Harbor, and Cape Liverpool) ; Grinnell Island (Fort Con- 

 ger) ; and Greenland (Disco Bay, Godhavn, and probably Christian- 

 shaab). East to Greenland (Stormkap and probably Christian- 

 shaab) ; eastern Franklin (Exeter Sound, probably Nugumeute and 

 Grinnell Bay); and Ungava (Port Burwell). South to Ungava 

 (Port Burwell and probably Prince of Wales Sound) ; southern 

 Franklin (Southampton Island and Cape Fullerton) ; and Alaska 

 (Fort Egbert and Hooper Bay). West to Alaska (Hooper Bay, St. 

 Michael, and probably St. Lawrence Island). 



Winter range. — In the Eastern Hemisphere the winter range of 

 the red phalarope seems to be principally at sea off the southern coast 

 of Arabia and the w y est coast of Africa. 



At this season in the Western Hemisphere it has been taken or 

 observed north to Lower California (La Paz and Cape San Lucas) ; 

 off the coast of Southern California (Point Pinos, Santa Cruz 

 Islands, Anacapa Island, and San Diego) ; Alabama (Pickett 

 Springs) ; Florida (Canaveral Light) ; and South Carolina (Mount 

 Pleasant) ; and south to southern South America (Falkland Islands. 

 Patagonia, and Chile). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival in North America are : 

 North Carolina, Cape Lookout, May 29 ; Delaware, seen off the coast. 

 May 9; New Jersey, Cape May, May 3, and Ocean City, May 6: 

 New York, Shelter Island, March 25, and Montauk Point, April 30 ; 

 Connecticut, Bridgeport, May 30; Massachusetts, Gloucester, April 2; 

 Maine, York Beach, May 8; Nova Scotia, Halifax, June 10; Quebec, 

 Prince of Wales Sound, May 31; Washington, Destruction Island 

 lighthouse, May 8; and Alaska, Cape Constantine, May 15, Kodiak 

 Island, May 16, near Kotlik, May 28, Prince Frederick Sound, May 

 29, and Point Barrow, June 3. 



