PHALAROPODIDuE : PHALAROPES. 



basal, at some distance from the root of the bill. Wings long 

 and pointed. Tail long, rounded, the central rectrices projecting, 

 rather acuminate. The legs and feet are much as in Lobipes, 

 but the semipalmation is of less extent. The species, in any 

 plumage, is readily distinguished from the Northern Phalarope 

 by these generic characteristics. The plumage is very variable 

 according to season. In full breeding dress, the under parts are 

 dull mahogany-brown; the upper parts slate-gray, varied with 

 blackish and yellowish ; the bill yellowish, with dark tip. In size 

 between Wilson's and the Northern Phalarope. 



The remarks offered upon the Northern Phalarope 

 apply without qualification to the present species, the 

 manner of whose appearance in New England is sub- 

 stantially the same. It occurs along the coast chiefly 

 as a migrant, and is not common or regular in its ap- 

 pearance. There is no occasion to cite particular 

 records of its capture, as these simply confirm what has 

 been advanced in general terms. Mr. Boardman speaks 

 of its being, like the last species, a summer resident 

 along the coast of Maine, and it may not improbably be 

 found breeding there, like its nearest ally, with which it 

 so commonly found associated. The mode of nesting is 

 the same, and the eggs are not to be distinguished with 

 any certainty, though averaging larger. Specimens 

 before me from Arctic regions measure 1.30 by 0.90; 

 1.15 by 0.90; 1.25 by 0.85. 



