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Center Moriches, L. I. Aug. 20, 1S79. Robert Lawrence, N. O. C. Bui. 5:117 

 Flushing, L. I. Sept. 29, 1879. (C. A. Willets). Lawrence, N. O. C. Bui. 5: 117; 



Auk, 6: 13 s 

 Troy, N. Y. Sept. 4, 1881. T. B. Heimstreet 

 Westmoreland, N. Y. Early spring 1881. Bagg 



Near Albany, N. Y. May 19, 1883. N. 0. C. Bui. 8: 180, G. A. Lintner 

 South Oyster Bay, L. L May 24, 1883. Butcher, Auk, i: 35 

 Fire Island Light, L. L May 19, 1884. Butcher, Auk, 3; 36 

 Onondaga lake, Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 2, 4, 25, 1886. Green, Auk, 4: 73 

 Montauk Point Light, L. L Sept. 3, 1886. Butcher, N. 0. C. Bui. 5: 117; Auk, 6: 135 



May 5, 1888. 2$. " " " 



May 29, 1888. 2rJ. " " " 



Aug. 13, 1888. 2. " " " 



Oct. 22, 1888. c7. " " " 



Buffalo, N. Y. Oct. i, 1889; Sept. 1894. James Savage 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1889. Egbert Bagg 



Thomasville Mills, Lake Ontario, Orleans co. Sept. 19, 1891. Bavid Bruce 

 Montauk Point, L. I. May 1890. c?. (Scott). Butcher 



May 22, 1892. 9 . " 



Aug. 26, 1892. (8). " 



May 5, 1894. 9. " 



June 3, 1894. 



Aug. 27, 1894. (2). " 

 Kcuka lake, N. Y. May 16, 1895. o^. C. F. Stone 

 Cayuga marshes, N. Y. May. Abput 1895. c^, ?. (Parker). E. H. Eaton Collection 



Steganopus tricolor Vieillot 

 Wilson Plialaropc 



Plate 30 



Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. Nouv. Bict. d'Hist. Nat. 1819. 32: 136 

 H o 1 o p o d i u s w i 1 s o n i BcKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 270, fig. 201—2 

 P h a 1 a r o p u s tricolor A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. ^o. 224 



stega'nopus, Gr. a-Teyui'oVovs, webfoot; tri'color, Lat. tres, Iria, three, 



and color, color 



Description. Bill long, equaling tarsus, depressed, very slender, acute; 

 legs long; tibia bare some distance; toes long, slender, fringed broadly and 

 almost evenly. Female in sitniincr: Lores, front and crown light ash 

 turning to white on the back of the neck; throat, line o\-er the eye and 

 eyelids white; a velvet^^ black band extending from the region of the eye halfway 

 down the sides of the neck, tJien giving ivay to rich purplish chestnut or wine- 

 red which continues down the sides of the back in narrowing stripes; a 

 stripe of the same color on the scapulars; upper parts in general bluish 



