212 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



(Cooke, Bird Migr. in Miss. Val., 1884-85, p. 89). The species is 

 listed by J. A. Allen (White's Geol. of Iowa, 1870, 426). G. H. 

 Berry reports it as a "rare migrant" at Hawarden, Sioux count3^ 

 Kumlien and Hollister state: ' 'Small flocks may be met on Lake 

 Michigan and Lake Superior in autumn, and occasionally strag- 

 gling individuals wander to the inland lakes . . . four on Lake 

 Koshkonong, September 3, 1891, one June 4, 1S77" (Bds. of Wis., 



1903, 41)- 



Genus Phai^aropus Brisson. 



Subgenus Phalaropus Brisson. 



89. (223). P/ia/aropus lobatKS {'Lixnn.). Northern Phalarope. 



This species is also a far northern bird and is a rare migrant 

 through the Mississippi V-alley. Kumlien and Hollister report 

 it as much more common than the Red Phalarope in Wisconsin; 

 noted on Lakes Michigan and Superior in September and Octo- 

 ber, and a regular spring and fall migrant on Lake Koshkonong 

 (Birds of Wis., 1903, 41). "Reported from Omaha by I. S. Trost- 

 ler, where a specimen was taken May 6, 1896" (Rev. Bds. Neb., 



1904, 37)- 



A specimen in the University museum, No. 16525, was taken at 

 Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 10, 1894, b}- Paul Bartsch. Dr. Trostler 

 also reports the species as a rare migrant on the Missouri River, 

 in Pottawattamie county. 



Genus Steganopus Vieillot. 

 Subgenus Steganopus Vieillot. 



90. (224). Steganoptts tricolor (Vieillot). Wilson Phalarope. 



The Wilson Phalarope, probably the most beautiful and dainty 

 of all the shore birds found in Iowa, appears to be somewhat 

 locally distributed, breeding only in the northern part of the state. 

 The species is remarkable, like the other Phalaropes, for the 

 female being larger and much brighter colored than the male. 

 Following out the general rule of protective coloration, the duller- 

 colored sex appears to assume most of the duties of incubation. 

 I have several times, at least, flushed the male Phalarope from 

 the nest of eggs, both in Iowa and in North Dakota, while I have 

 never seen the female leave the nest, although she is usually 

 found in the vicinity. 



