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found in the Bermudas, Guatemala, and the 

 Isthmus of Tehuantepec. In Connecticut, Long 

 Island, and New Jersey the northern phalarope 

 is rare. 



It is known also as sea-goose and whale-bird, 

 although the latter name should be applied more 

 properly to the red phalarope. 



Wilson's phalarope 



(^SteganopHS tricolor) 



Adult female in breeding plwnage — Forehead and top of head, 

 pearl-gray ; occiput and nape, white ; a stripe on each side of the 

 head, passing down the side of the neck, black, changing on the 

 lower part of the neck into rich chestnut, and this is continued 

 as a narrow stripe to the scapulars ; short stripe above the lores 

 and eyes, and throat, pure white ; jugulum, buffy cinnamon, fad- 

 ing into the creamy buff of the breast ; remaining lower parts, 

 white; wings, grayish brown, with paler coverts ; rump, grayish 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts, white ; iris, brown ; bill, legs, and feet, 

 black. 



Measiireinenis — Length, 9.75 inches ; wing, 5.25 inches ; tarsus, 1.30 

 inches; culmen, i.3q,inches. 



Adult fnale in breeding plumage — Of smaller size and much less 

 strikingly marked ; top of head, brown, the feathers tipped with 

 gray; a broad mark over the eye, white ; sides of neck, dull 

 brown ; back and wings, dusky, the feathers tipped with pale 

 brown ; rump and tail, brownish black, margined with white ; 

 primaries, blackish brown ; neck in front, pale brown ; throat 

 and under parts, white. 



Measurements — Length, 8.50 inches; wing, 4.75 inches; culmen, 

 1.2;, inches; tarsus, 1.25 inches. 



Adult fnale and female in winter plumage — Upper parts, ash- 

 gray; rest of plumage, white, tinged with gray. 



Young — Upper parts, blackish, feathers edged with buff; upper tail- 

 coverts, superciliaries, and under parts, white, with a rusty tinge ; 

 tail, gray, edged and marked with white. 



