

AVES CHARADRIID^ 345 



"This peculiar bird, combining characters of both Snipe and Rail, is 

 an abundant resident at Concepcion, where it breeds. 



"On September 18, 1880, I found two sets of two eggs each, laid with- 

 out any attempt at a nest on the bare ground close to the edge of a 

 marsh. The eggs, which were much incubated, were of nearly the same 

 size at both ends and resembled closely, both in shape and coloration, 

 the eggs of the common Nighthawk (Chordiles virginianus), the ground 

 color being almost obscured by a profusion of heavy dots and blotches 

 of dark brown and black. The sitting birds flew directly from the eggs 

 without any attempf to lead away from them. I usually found these 

 birds abundant in the same meadows with the Snipe, often flushing both 

 at the same time." (Barrows, Auk, I. p. 314, July, 1884.) 



Subfamily PHALAROPODINsE. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 693 (1896); id., Hand-list Bds. 

 I. p. 167 (1899). 



Genus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. 



Type. 

 Steganopus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat XXXII. p. 136 



(1819); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 705 

 (1896); id., Hand-list Bds. I. p. 167 (1899) .... 5. tricolor. 

 Holopodius, Bonap. Ann. Lye. N. Y. u. p. 342 (1828) . . S. tricolor. 



Geographical Range. North and South America and the Falkland 

 Islands. 



STEGANOPUS TRICOLOR Vieillot. 



Chorlito tarso comprimido, Azara, Apunt III. p. 327 (1805: Paraguay). 



Steganopus tricolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXII. p. 136 (1819); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 705 (1896); id. Hand-list B. I. 

 p. 167 (1899) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 15 (1900: 

 South Patagonia and Falkland Islands). 



Phalnropns wi/soni, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 1 18 (Lake of Quintero, Chili, 

 rare); Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. III. p. 586, pi. 158 (1848) ; Scl. & 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 144 (1873: Chili); Durnf. Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 42 (Chupat Valley, common), p. 198 (Buenos Aires, Feb.); Sce- 





