BIRDS OF 



and neck with a broad stripe of rich chestnut, generally meeting on the jugu- 

 lum ; breast otherwise with ashy-gray ; young lacking the chestnut. Length, 

 about 7 inches ; wing, 4J ; tail, 2 ; bill, tarsus, and middle toe each, under i, 

 black. 



Hab. Northern portions of Northern hemisphere, breeding in Arctic 

 latitudes ; south in winter to the tropics. 



Nest a hollow in the ground lined with dry grass. 



Eggs 3 to 4 ; similar to those of the Red Phalarope but smaller. 



Like the preceding this is a bird of the sea coast. Though 

 singly or in pairs it is sometimes seen inland during the season 

 of migration. The two m my collection were found in the fall 

 on one of the inlets of Hamilton Bay. 



In the list of the birds of Western Ontario mention is made 

 of three having been taken in Middlesex, and one found dead 

 at Mitchell's Bay in 1882. 



While this was passing through the press K. C. Mcllwraith 

 shot a young male of this species as it rose from one of the in- 

 lets which run from the Bay up to the Beach road near 

 Hamilton. 



Subgenus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. 

 83. PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR (Vieill.). 224. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 



Adult ashy ; upper tail-coverts and under-parts white ; a black stripe 

 from the eye down the side of the neck spreading into rich purplish-chestnut 

 which also variegates the back and shades the throat ; young lacking these 

 last colors. Length, 9-10 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2 ; bill, tarsus and middle toe, each 

 over I, black. 



Hab. Temperate North America, chiefly the interior, breeding from 

 Northern Illinois and Utah northward to the Saskatchewan region ; south in 

 winter to Brazil and Patagonia. 



Nest in moist meadows. 



Eggs 3 to 4 ; variable in pattern, usually brownish-drab, marked with 

 splashes, spots, and scratches, of chocolate-brown. 



This is the largest of the Phalaropes and the handsomest of all 

 our Waders. Unlike the others of its class it is rare along the 

 sea coast but common inland ; its line of migration being along 



