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tips of greater coverts white; upper tail-coverts rufous; underparts dull, 

 reddish brown, often with scattered white feathers. Ad. <f in summer. 

 Similar, but smaller, crown striped like back, little or no white in cheeks. 

 Juv. Similar to ads. in winter but upperparts margined with buff, chest 

 washed with buff. Ads. and juv. in winter. Top of head and underparts 

 white; region about eye and back of neck fuscous; back and scapulars dark 

 pearl-gray; wings grayish fuscous, the coverts and secondaries tipped with 

 white; rump and tail fuscous. L., 8' 12; W., 5'37; B., '87; Tar., '82. 



Remarks. The Juvenal plumage is worn until October or November. 

 Molting spring birds are strikingly pied below. 



Range. N. and S. Hemispheres. In N. A. breeds from n. Alaska, 

 Melville Island, and n. Ellesmere Land s. to mouth of the Yukon, n. Macken- 

 zie, cen. Keewatin, Hudson Strait, and s. Greenland; winter home unknown 

 but probably on the oceans, at least as far s. as Falkland and Juan Fernandez 

 Islands ; migrates along both coasts of U. S. ; casual in migration in interior 

 s. to Colo., Kans. Ills., and Md. 



Washington, casual, one record, Oct. Long Island, rare T. V., Apl. 30- 

 June 5; Sept. 24-Nov. 27. Cambridge, one record, Aug. 



Nest, a slight hollow in the ground lined with a few bits of moss and 

 grasses. Eggs, 3-4, similar to those of the following species, 1'25 x '90. 

 Date, Pt. Barrow, Alaska, June 14. 



This pelagic species is found in numbers some distance off the 

 coast; it occurs on our shores rarely, and generally only after storms. 



223. Lobipes lobatus (Linn.}. NORTHERN PHALAROPE. Toes webbed 

 at base and with scalloped lobes terminally; bill very slender and sharply 

 pointed. Ad. 9 in summer. Upperparts slaty gray; back and scapulars 

 edged with ochraceous-buff ; sides and front of the neck rufous, more or less 

 mixed with slaty gray; rest of underparts white. Ad. <? in summer. Similar, 

 but upperparts black, and with more ochraceous ; sides and front of the neck 

 mixed with fuscous. Ads. in winter and juv. Upperparts grayish, more or 

 less mixed with white; tips of greater wirig-co verts and sometimes part of 

 the secondaries white, occasionally (in ads.) with traces of rufous on the 

 sides of the neck ; underparts white, more or less mottled with grayish on the 

 breast. Juv. Upperparts black, edged with straw-color; forehead white; 

 underparts white, chest sometimes lightly washed with buffy. L., 7*75; W. f 

 4'50; Tar., '80; B., '85. 



Range. N. and S. Hemispheres. In N. A. breeds from n. Alaska, 

 Melville Island, and cen. Greenland s. to Aleutian Islands (including Near 

 Islands), valley of the Upper Yukon, n. Mackenzie, cen. Keewatin, s. James 

 Bay, and n. Ungava; winter home unknown, but probably the oceans s. of 

 the equator; in migration occurs nearly throughout the U. S. and in Mex., 

 Cen. Am., Bermuda, and Hawaii. 



Washington, casual, one record, Sept. Long Island, uncommon, T. V., 

 Apl. 27-May 29; Aug. 5-Oct. 22. Cambridge, of rare occurrence in spring. 

 SE. Minn., T. V. 



Nest, a slight hollow in the ground lined with grass and mosses. Eggs, 

 3-4, pale olive-gray heavily blotched with deep chocolate, 1*18 x "83. Date, 

 Ft. Yukon, Alaska, June 7. 



During its presence off our coasts this species resembles the preceding 

 in habits. It is, however, more common, and under proper conditions 

 sometimes occurs in larger flights. I have seen it in great numbers 

 about one hundred miles off Barnegat, New Jersey, in May. For 

 several hours the steamer passed through flocks of these 'Sea Snipe/ 

 which were swimming on the ocean. They arose in a body at our 

 approach, and in close rank whirled away to the right or left in search 



