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108. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). NORTHERN PALHAROPE. 

 (223.) " Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding 

 in Arctic latitudes ; south in winter to the tropics." This bird 

 occurs with us as a regular migrant, and after severe storms is 

 sometimes common in flocks. (See Dutcher, Auk, 1884, p. 33.) 



109. Phalaropus tricolor (Vidll). WILSON'S PHALAROPE. 

 (224.) Interior of North America, breeding from northern Illinois 

 northward. With us it is a very rare and irregular migrant. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID^E. AVOCETS AND STILTS. 



HO. Recurvirostraamericana(6V^/.). AMERICAN AVOCET. 

 (225.) A bird of the interior, breeding from Texas to the Saskatche- 

 wan. Giraud mentions it as casual on Long Island, and says that a 

 few breed at Egg Harbor, N. J. Mr. William Dutcher records 

 four individuals seen by Col. Nicolas Pike on Long Island as 

 follows: Ponquogue, 1844; Carnarsie Bay, 1847; Southampton, 

 two, no date (Auk, X, 1893, p. 272). 



in. Himantopusmexicanus (Mull.). BLACK-NECKED STILT. 

 (226.) A southern species, breeding in the Gulf States and locally 

 in the Mississippi Valley ; rare on the Atlantic coast. Giraud 

 mentions it as "unfrequent", and Mr. Dutcher records two speci- 

 mens taken by Col. Pike on Great South Bay, one of them in 1843 

 (Auk, X, 1893, p. 272). 



Family SCOLOPACID^. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



112. Scolopax rusticola Linn. EUROPEAN WOODCOCK. (227.) 

 The occurrence of this species in North America is of course 

 accidental. The only record for this vicinity is based on a 

 specimen found in Washington Market, December 6, 1859, which 

 was said to have been killed near Shrewsbury, N. J. (Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist, VIII, 1866, p. 223). 



113. Philohela minor (Gmel.). WOODCOCK. (228.) Eastern 

 North America, north to Labrador and Manitoba, breeding through- 

 out its range, and wintering from southern Illinois and Virginia 

 southward. The Woodcock is a common summer resident in the 

 vicinity of New York, and doubtless will remain so as long as it is 

 protected by law during the summer. It arrives early in March, 

 and does not leave us until the ground is frozen. (See Group, 

 main floor, between Cases A and B.) 



