FAMILY PHALAROPODIDAE 



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Panama. Some of those seen have been encountered along a channel 

 that is bordered by mangroves, but most have been out on the open 

 flats. T. A. Imhof in his notes recorded them here on November 17, 

 1942. I was told that in the rainy season they spread back around 

 pools in the savannas. My only record here away from the coast is 

 of two at a fresh-water pond on the eastern side of the Rio La Jagua 



Fig. 68. — Black-necked stilt, viuda, Himantopus mexicanns. 



on March 21, 1958. The birds are well known, and it is my supposi- 

 tion, from those in partial immature dress that I have seen, that they 

 nest here. 



My only record in other areas is of one flushed on March 23, 1960, 

 from a roadside pool west of Puerto Vidal, Veraguas, a short distance 

 from the Rio Tabasara. 



Family PHALAROPODIDAE : Phalaropes ; Falaropos 



The phalaropes in general form resemble their cousin plovers and 

 sandpipers but differ in the possession of lobes that broaden the toes 

 and a feather covering that is dense and strongly water repellant. 



