NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



223. Lobipes lobatus. 7 l /> in. 



Feet lobate-webbed. Adults chiefly gray 

 above, blackening on the top of the head; 

 neck and sides of head chestnut. In winter 

 the plumage is chiefly gray above and white 

 below. Female larger and brightest colored. 



Nest. A grass-lined hollow on the ground. 



Range. Breeds in northern Canada and 

 Alaska. Migrates throughout the 17. S. to 

 winter home in southern oceans. 

 WILSON PHALAROPE. 



224. Steganopus tricolor. 9 in. 



Gray and white, with a black stripe through 

 the eye, broadening into rich brown on the 

 sides of the neck. In winter plain gray and 

 white. Toes lobed. Bill slender. 



Nest. Of grass on the ground. Four deep 

 buff eggs blotched with black. 



Range. Breeds in western North America, 

 east to Alberta and the Miss. River. Casual 

 in Atlantic coast states. 

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