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RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 



KED-NECKED COOT-FOOT. RED-NECKED LOBE-FOOT. 



PLATE CLXXXII. FIG. II. 



Phalaropus hyperhoreus, . . . Pennant. 



Phalaropus fidicaria, .... Montagu. 



Lohipes hyperhoreus, .... Fleming. 



Lohipes hyperhorea, ..... Selbt. 



These birds are late in laying, only one or two eggs 

 having been found laid by nearly the middle of June. 

 It appears that the male birds assist the females in the 

 task of incubation. 



The nest is placed in a hollow on a small hillock, 

 or in a tuft of grass by the edge of the water, and is 

 deep in shape — the material dry grass. Both birds are 

 much attached to each other, as well as to their offspring. 

 Several nests are frequently placed in the same neigh- 

 bourhood. 



The eggs appear to be four in number, and of a dull 

 olive green colour, a good deal blotted with black brown 

 or dusky. The young leave the nest soon after being 

 hatched. 



