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GENUS PHALAROPUS BEISSON. 

 Subgenus PHALAROPUS. 



Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



Rare migrant. Has been identified by Mr. C. A. Stockbridge at Fort Wayn< 



Foot of Northern Phalarope. 



Head of Wilson's Phalarope, nat. size. 



Subgenus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. 

 : 82. Phalaropus tricolor (Vieill). WILSON'S PHALAROPE. 



Rare migrant southward, summer resident northward. One killed near Frank- 

 fort, about May 1, 1883, and another one near same place about the same date, 

 1877 (Newlin). Common summer resident. Breeds in Lake County (Toppan). 

 Mr. J. G. Parker records them breeding near the State line in Lake County, also. 

 He says they " leave for the South very early, generally by the last of July or first 

 of August." I have shot them near the State line in Cook County, Illinois, late in 

 May. 



FAMILY KECURVIROSTRID^E. AVOCETS AND STILTS. 



GENUS RECURVIROSTRA LINN.EUS. 



83. Recurvirostra americana Gmel. AMERICAN AVOCET. 



Rare migrant. I only know of one record from the State. Mr. Chas. Dury 

 informs me of a specimen in the collection of the Cuvier Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 from "Calumet," Ind. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACHXE. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



GENUS PHILOHELA GRAY. 



84. Philohela minor (Gmel.). AMERICAN WOODCOCK. 



Resident in the southwestern part of the State, and summer resident through- 

 out the remainder. Common in suitable localities. They pass northward in 



Woodcock, with attenuate primariee, nat. size. 



