AVES CHARADRIID^ 345 



"This peculiar bird, combining characters of both Snipe and Rail, is 

 an abundant resident at Concepcion, where it breeds. 



"On September i8, 1880, I found two sets of two eggs each, laid with- 

 out any attempt at a nest on the bare ground close to the edge of a 

 marsh. The eggs, which were much incubated, were of nearly the same 

 size at both ends and resembled closely, both in shape and coloration, 

 the eggs of the common Nighthawk [Chord iles Virginia ims), the ground 

 color being almost obscured by a profusion of heavy dots and blotches 

 of dark brown and black. The sitting birds flew directly from the eggs 

 without any attempt to lead away from them. I usually found these 

 birds abundant in the same meadows with the Snipe, often flushing both 

 at the same time." (Barrows, Auk, I. p. 314, July, 1884.) 



Subfamily PHALAROPODIN^. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 693 (1896); id., Hand-list Bds. 

 I. p. 167 (1899). 



Genus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. 



Type. 



Sfeganopus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXII. p. 136 



(1819); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 705 



(1896); id., Hand-list Bds. I. p. 167 (1899) ■ ■ ■ ■ S. tricolor. 



Holopodius, Bonap. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 11. p. 342 (1828) . . S. tricolor. 



Geographical Range. — North and South America and the Falkland 

 Islands. 



Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. 



Chorlito tarso compriniido, Azara, Apunt. III. p. 327 (1805: Paraguay). 



Steganopus tricolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXII. p. 136 (1819); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 705 (1896); id. Hand-list B. I. 

 p. 167 (1899) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 15 (1900: 

 South Patagonia and Falkland Islands). 



Phalaropiis lailsoni, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, P- 1 18 (Lake of Quintero, Chili, 

 rare) ; Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. III. p. 586, pi. 158^1848) ; Scl. & 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 144(1873: Chili); Durnf Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 42 (Chupat Valley, common), p. 198 (Buenos Aires, Feb.); See- 



