58 WATER BIRDS 
sound from the shrill notes of the preceding species, 
being deeper and more mellow. It is a more common 
bird in Southern California, and may be heard, as well 
as seen, in large flocks migrating during the early spring 
and late fall. It trumpets, however, at dusk and day- ~ 
break, for an hour at a time without ceasing, and is 
particularly noisy at nesting time when feeding its 
young; the united clamor carries the news of its 
presence at the nest to listeners a mile or two away. 
Although the arctic regions are the breeding ground 
of this bird, a few pairs are said by Mr. Lockhart. to 
breed on the Saskatchewan River in British Columbia. 
BIRDS FOUND ALONG, T He 
BEACHES 
224. WILSON PHALAROPE. — Steganopus tricolor. 
Famity: The Phaiaropes. 
Length: Female, 10.00 ; male, 9.00, a little smaller than a robin. 
Male in Breeding Plumage: Upper parts grayish brown, brownest on 
crown and merging to reddish brown on sides of neck in a more or 
less distinct stripe ; line over eye and under parts white, tinged with 
buff on throat and breast. 
Female in Breeding Plumage : Back and crown slaty gray ; a black stripe 
on sides of head and neck merging to red-brown on shoulders ; line 
over eye and under parts white, tinged with light brown on chest 
and lower part of throat. 
Adults in Winter: Upper parts dusky gray ; under parts white, washed 
with grayish on chest and sides. 
Downy Young: Light cinnamon-brown above, paler below,, merging to 
white on under parts. Line of black through crown and nape to back 
of neck. Three black stripes on lower back. 
