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2. Bill stout and with a flattened tip; wing more than 4? inches 
Ua Ree ie Re eSB ed nae 8 Wicd «Swen Set ie ete ONG ’..Red Phalarope. 
2. Bill quite slender and not flattened at tip, wing less than 43 
WBE MESOME cs sah. Wives peice sin we oso y Other Phalarope; 
223. Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus) —-NoRTHERN PHALAROPE. 
A rare migrant. Reported by F. W. Powell from Alda in Cooke’s 
Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley; by I. 8. Trostler from 
Omaha, where a specimen was taken May 6, 1896; and several times 
at Lincoln, by D. A. Haggard, August Eiche, and J. S. Hunter, in 
May and from the end of August to the end of October. Breeds far 
to the north. 
224. *Steganopus tricolor (Vieillot)—-W1Lson PHALAROPE. 
An abundant migrant throughout the state and a common breeder 
in the sand-hill region. Migrates during the latter part of April and 
the first half of May and during September and early in October. 
Omaha, Peru, West Point, Fremont, Lincoln, Fullerton, Neligh, 
Dakota and Dixon counties, North Platte, ete.—migrating; summer 
resident in Holt county, breeding in Cherry county and reported 
by J. A. Dickinson as probably breeding at Gresham, May 30, 1896, 
when two pairs were observed. 
EXTRALIMITAL: 222. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linnaeus), the 
Red Phalarope, is a species breeding far to the north and coming 
south rarely in winter to the northern Mississippi valley. Has been 
recorded from Illinois, Minnesota, and Wyoming, and it might occur 
in Nebraska. 
Famity RECURVIROSTRIDAZ—Avocets anp STILTS 
1. Bill decidedly curved upward, over 3 inches long; the 3 front toes 
COMMECDEG IV WEDS: « cicuthiars oia asad ede ote la Oakey oh tyne ete oe Avocet. 
1. Bill only slightly curved upward, less than 3 inches long; the 2 outer 
poes Gnly«webobeG. os J ive caee nels anlage ose nae Blatk=necked Silt: 
225. *Recurvirostra americana Gmelin—AVOoceET. 
A rather common migrant over the state and a frequent breeder 
in the sand-hill region. Migrates late in April and during May and 
again during September and October. Omaha, West Point, Rich- 
ardson county, Lincoln, Wood river, Gresham, etc.; found by Wolcott 
_breeding at Clear lake, Cherry county, in June, 1902. 
226. Himantopus mexicanus (Mueller)—BuacKk-NECKED STILT. 
This bird, a southern species, but recorded from Illinois, Minne- 
sota, and Kansas as a straggler, and as breeding in Colorado, has 
only been observed in Nebraska in the vicinity of Omaha, from where 
L. Skow and I. S. Trostler record it, the latter giving the following 
dates: May 10, 1893; May 6, 1894; Apr. 20, 1895; and Oct. 3 and 
9, 1894. May possibly breed in southwestern Nebraska. 
