268 THE PHALAROPES 



on his head in the water like a duck. When they resort to the 

 sea they live chiefly on the smaller thin-skinned crustaceans and 

 probably small marine forms generally. Both Howard Saunders 

 and Dresser state that the rednecked-phalarope eats " marine 

 insects," whatever this may mean ! One probably copied from 

 the other. 



