80 Birds of Canada. 
the shores of the Caspian and the salt lakes of 
Tartary they are very abundant. Specimens 
have been shot late in the fall on the island, 
opposite Toronto. Length, seventeen inches; 
the head and neck, pale reddish brown; back 
and quills, black; other parts, white. The bill, 
which is three inches long, turns up like a hook, 
and is flat, thin, and sharp. 
PAMILY PHALAROPODIDAD (77s 
Pi Ata ROPLES: 
Phalaropus hyperboreus—The Northern 
Phalarope. 
The Northern Phalarope is an occasional spring 
and fall visitor in Canada. Breeds in Manitoba ; 
nests, on the ground ; eggs, four in number, of a 
brownish drab color. This beautiful little bird 
is a swimmer as well as a wader: its motions, 
while swimming and wading, are exceedingly 
graceful and interesting. The migrations of this 
species extend from Manitoba to the Gulf of 
Mexico. Headand neck, sooty-ash color; wings, 
back, and tail, brownish-black; abdomen, white; 
legs and bill, dark; throat and breast, white; and 
the neck, with a ring of bright ferruginous. 
