66 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PALUDICOLAE. RALLI. 



RALLIDAE. 



R. I. Common migrant, mainly in fall. April-May 28; Sept. 

 26-Dec. 20. 



CONN. Common migrant, mainly in fall. Spring; Sept. 29- 

 Nov. 14. 



LIMICOLAE. 



PHALAROPODIDAE. 



127. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (Linne") Bonaparte. 



Red phalarope; Bank-bird; Brown bank-bird; Gray phalarope; 

 Gulf-bird; Sea goose; Whale-bird. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 291, pi. 339. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 18, fig. 11; pi. 19, fig. 1. 



Tringa fulicaria Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 148. 

 "AMERICA." 



Chiefly maritime; nests on the ground in marshes. 



ME. Uncommon migrant, mainly offshore, and rare summer 

 resident (near Calais). May 8-17; (summer); July 25-Oct. 17. 



N. H. Migrant, mainly offshore; sometimes common. May; 

 Oct. 



VT. Rare migrant at Lake Champlain. 



MASS. Offshore migrant, irregularly common. May 1-26; 

 Aug. 31-Nov. 24. 



R. I., CONN. Offshore migrant, sometimes common. Late 

 May; Sept. 26-Dec. 20. 



128. LOBIPES LOBATUS (Linne) Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway. 

 Northern phalarope; Bank-bird; Jersey goose; Mackerel 



goose; Red-necked phalarope; Sea goose; Sea snipe; Whale- 

 bird; White bank-bird. 



Tringa lobata Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, pp. 148, 824. 

 "IN AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI, LAPPONIA." 



Lobipes hyperboreus Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 295, pi. 340. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 131, pi. 38, fig. 1. 



Chiefly maritime; nests on the ground in marshes. 



