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Manitoba ; nests, on the ground ; eggs, four in 

 number, of a brownish-drab color. This beauti- 

 ful little bird is a swimmer as well as a wader : 

 its motions, while swimming and wading, are 

 exceedingly graceful and interesting. The migra- 

 tions of this species extend from Manitoba to 

 the Gulf of Mexico. Head and neck, sooty- 

 ash color; wings, back, and tail, brownish-black ; 

 abdomen, white ; legs and bill, dark ; throat and 

 breast, white ; and the neck, with a ring of bright 

 ferruginous. 



P. Wilsonii. Wilson's Phalarope. 



Wilson's Phalarope is also an occasional visitor 

 in Canada. Color, dark above ; white, beneath ; 

 a stripe of bright reddish-brown around the neck, 

 running upwards to the back. 



P.julicarius. The Red Phalarope. 



Several specimens of this rare and beautiful 

 bird have been shot near Toronto this fall. Gene- 

 ral color, deep slate, streaked with brownish- 

 yellow, and reddish-chocolate. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^E. THE SNIPES. 



Philohela minor. The Woodcock. 

 This well-known bird arrives here early in 

 March. Color, above, variegated with reddish- 

 black and ashy ; underneath, rufous ; legs, pale 

 red ; bill, dark brown. Nests, on the ground, 



