OCEAN BIRDS. 



175 



No. 168. 



NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



Genus: Phalaropus. 

 Species: P. lolatus. 



Order: LimicolaB. 



Family: Phalaropodidae. 



Distributio7i: 



A common transient visitor along the coast. 



Date of Arrival- 

 August. 



Date of Departure: 

 Late October. 



General Plumage: 



in summer. 



Male, 



markins blackish. 



upper parts black, buff marked, neck 

 Female, in summer upper parts grayish 



slate, buff marked, chestnut on front and sides of neck, 

 marked with slaty ; under parts white. Male and female, in 

 winter, upper parts ashy, wings white marked, neck faint 

 chestnut; under parts white marked with grayish. Imma- 

 ture, forehead white. Bill and feet dark. Length about 

 7.75. 



Song and Other Notes: 



'■'■ Shrill cry, crut-cree-teet," and '' tweet " or '' twick.'' 



Haunts: 



A true bird of ocean and seas. 



