DIKKCTORY TO BIKD8 OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



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Gt, A, b, 1. 



top of head, grayish-white which becomes pure white on oc- 

 ciput and back of neck, this Fig. 76. Fig. 77. 

 passes into plumbeous-gray on 

 the back to become abruptly 

 white on the upper tail coverts 

 and a portion of the tail ; re- 

 mainder of tail, gray ; a widen- 

 ing line of black passes through 

 eye to back of head and neck 

 where it becomes chestnut, then 

 narrowing, passes along sides of 

 back to join a broader line of 

 the same color on the scapulari- 

 es, fig. 78. Summer male, much 

 duller but with the same mark- 

 ings indicated. Winter adult, ash-gray above; upper tail 

 coverts and lower parts, white. Young, blackish above 

 Fig. 78. more or less streaked 

 ^ with buff ; supercilia- 

 ry stripe, upper tail 

 c o V e r t s , and lower 

 parts, white ; neck, 

 tinged with buff. 

 Downy young, bright 

 tawny above, paler 

 beneath ; black stripe 

 on occiput and hind 

 neck and three broad, 

 ones on lower back 

 Gr, A, b, 1. 1-4. and rump; a black 

 band near tail and a black spot on flanks. Temperate N. A. ; 

 breeding from southern 111. and Utah north to the Saskat- 

 chewan region ; in winter to Brazil and Patagonia ; very rare 

 on the N. E. coast in spring and autumn (May and Aug.). 



c. Lobe-footed Phalaropes. Phalaropus. 

 Smaller than in b, but with the bill similar; lateral toe 



