62 REDNECKED PHALAROPE. 



RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 



RED-NECKED COOT-FOOT. RED-NECKED LOBE-FOOT. 

 PLATE CLXXXII. - FIGURE II. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, PENNANT. 



Phalaropus fulicaria, MONTAGU. 



Lobipes hyperboreus, FLEMING. 



f.obipes hyperborea, SELRY 



rr^HESE 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. 



