192 British Birds. 



Islands, as well as on the Outer Hebrides, but is diminishing in numbers. It 

 also breeds in the north of Europe and Siberia as well as in North America, 

 but does not extend quite so far north as the Grey Phalarope. In winter 

 it is found along the Atlantic coast of America, and also occurs in the Indian 

 Ocean and the Australian Seas. x\s in the latter species, the male is smaller 

 than the female, and is not so brightly coloured as his mate, and takes her 

 place in the incubation of the eggs and the rearing of the young. The nest 

 is a depression in the ground, lined with fine grass, and is generally placed 

 in the middle of a tuft of grass, close to water. The eggs are smaller than 

 those of the Grey Phalarope and are darker, with blackish blotches all over the 

 surface; the length is a little over an inch-and-a-quarter. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 



In this Phalarope the bill is very long and slender, and the 

 tarsus is also long and equals the bill in length. The plumage 

 is more variegated with grey and rufous than m the preceding 

 species. It is an inhabitant of North America, migrating to 

 South America in winter. A specimen is said to have been obtained m Leicestershiie. 



WILSON'S 



PHALAROPE. 



{Steganopus tyiculor 



