GREY PHALAROPE. 



SCOLOPACID^.] 



PHALAEOPUS FULICARIUS (Linn^ds). 



Explanation of Plate. 



Figure 1. Egedesminde, N. Greenland, 1865; from A. Benzon. In collection of H. E. 



Dresser, Esq. 

 „ 2. Upernavik, Greenland, 1868 ; Dr. Rudolph coll. Ditto. 



„ 3. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 4. Ditto. (parent shot) Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 5. Gamlabran, Iceland, June 28, 1890. 

 „ 6. Egedesminde, N. Greenland, 1865 (parent shot) ; Lieut. Fencker coll. In 



collection of H. E. Dresser, Esq. 

 „ 7. Upernavik, Greenland, 1868 ; Dr. Rudolph coU. In collection of H. E. 



Dresser, Esq. 

 „ 8. Iceland, May 4, 1891. In collection of H. Massey, Esq. 



This species is an accidental visitor to the British Islands, chiefly in autumn 

 and winter. 



Me. H. Saunders writes * : — " The breeding-range of the Grey Phalarope appears 

 to be circumpolar. Its eggs were found by Dr. von Middendorff" in Arctic Siberia, 

 and have also been obtained in Spitzbergen and Iceland, but the majority of those 

 sent to collectors of late years are from the districts of Upernavik and Egedesminde 

 in Greenland. Our Arctic explorers have noticed the biixl as far north as 82° 30', 

 and it is abundant in summer on the shores of Alaska, as well as on- the Asiatic 

 side of Bering Sea and on all the islands to the northward. In winter its 

 migrations have been known to extend to New Zealand and Chili ; in the Indian 

 region it has occurred as far south as Bombay, though its regular lines of passage 

 across Asia have yet to be learned ; in Europe, though missing the Volga valley, 

 it is found on many inland waters and on all the coasts down to the Mediterranean ; 

 while it also visits North Africa." 



Eeferring to the Grey Phalarope, the late Dr. T. M. Brewer writes f : — " This 

 species was found breeding on the Arctic coast of North America by Mr. Mac- 



* ' Manual of British Birds,' p. 550. 



t ' Water Birds of North America,' vol. i. pp. 329, 330. 



