BIRDS FOUND ALONG THE BEACHES = 59 
Geographical Distribution : From British Columbia, south in winter to 
Brazil. 
Breeding Range: Breeds locally throughout the United States from lati- 
tude 35° northward. At Lake Tahoe and other points in California. 
Breeding Season: May 20 to July 15. 
Nest: A slight depression in the ground ; lined with grass. 
Eggs: 3 or 4; buffy, marked with umber. Size 1.30 X 1.60. 
Witson PHALAROPES present some unique features 
of bird life. The female is an inch or more longer than 
the male and larger in proportion. She is more con- 
spicuously marked, and is the handsomer of the two, — 
. 9924. WILSON PHALAROPE. 
“ Picking up their own food before they were ten hours old.” 
dainty, she is naturally, perhaps, somewhat overbear- 
ing in her domestic relations, refusing to consider her 
master in anything. She does all the wooing, and 
woe to the unfortunate male if two females place 
their choice upon him. No voice will he have in the 
matter, for the more persistent or the stronger will win, 
and he must follow her. To do him justice, he seems 
to admire her fully as much because she is aggressive. 
Once the choice is made his daily life is cut out for him. 
He must make the nest in which madam condescends 
to lay three or four buff eggs spotted with dark brown. 
After that the entire care of incubation and rearing the 
brood devolves upon him. In one instance at least, I 
