PHALAROPES. 131 



91. WILSON PHALAROPE. 



Smaller than last, bill long, slender and 

 awl-like, fig. 98; has toes less lobed, fig. 98. 

 Summer female, white beneath, gray-white 

 above, becoming white on upper tail coverts 

 and a portion of tail; line of black on side of 

 head becoming chestnut on sides of neck 



Fig. 100 



Northern Phalatope. 



and broadening on back, fig. 99. Summer 

 male, duller. Winter adult ash-gray above, 

 white on upper tail-coverts and beneath. 

 Young, similar but blackish above. Tem- 

 perate N. A. breeds, from Southern 111. and 

 and Utah north to Saskatchawan region. 



