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BED-NECKED PHALAEOPE. 



KED-NECKED COOT-FOOT. EED-NECKED LOBE-FOOT. 



PLATE CLXXXII. FIG. II. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, PENNANT. 



Phalaropus fulicaria, MONTAGU. 



Lobipes hyperboreus, FLEMING. 



Lobipes Tiyperborea, SELBY. 



THESE birds are late in laying, only one or two eggs having been 

 found laid by nearly the middle of June. It appears that the male 

 bird assists the female in the task of incubation. 



The nest is placed in a hollow on a small hillock, or in a tuft of 

 grass by the edge of the water, and is deep in shape the material 

 dry grass. Both parents are much attached to each other, as well as 

 to their offspring. Several nests are frequently placed in the same 

 neighbourhood. 



The eggs appear to be four in number, and of a dull olive green 

 colour, a good deal blotted with black brown or dusky. The young 

 leave the nest soon after being hatched. 



