36 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



223. Northern Phalarope, Phalaropus lohatus. Eggs, 2 

 to 4, similar to the last in form and color, but smaller ; .75 -|- 

 1.02 to .80 -\- 1.30. Breeds in the Arctic regions of the North- 

 ern Hemisphere, in June. 



224. Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor. Eggs, 2 

 to 4, similar in form and color to those of No. 222, but slightly 

 larger; .90 -|- 1.20 to .95 -)- 1-35. Breeds in the interior of 

 North America, from Northern Illinois and Utah, northward, 

 to the Saskatchewan region, in May. 



Family XXIII. — RECFRVIROSTRID^. Avocets and 



Stilts. 



Eggs, rather pyriform in shape, dark in color, heavily blotched 

 and spotted. 



225. American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, sub-pyriform, dark ashy yellow, spotted and blotched 

 irregularly with rather small rounded or oblong marks of dark 



' brown. Breeds throughout Western North America, from the 

 Saskatchewan and Great Slave Lake region, southward, in May. 

 Eggs distinguished from those of the next species by the supe- 

 rior size, and from those of other Shore Birds by the dark 

 color. 



226. Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanics. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, similar in form and color to those of No. 225, but 

 smaller; 1.15 + 1.52 to 1.25 + 1.76. Nests of this and of 

 the preceding species composed of grass, and placed near 

 water, but in dry situations. Breeds from Northern United 

 States southward, west of the Mississippi River; also in 

 Florida, the Bahamas, and West Indies ; in the southern sec- 

 tions, during the last of April ; later, farther north. 



Family XXIV. — SCOLOPACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, 



ETC. 



Eggs, most decidedly pyriform in shape, generally dark in 

 color. 



