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bohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 342 (1888); Scl. & Huds. Argent. 



Orn. II. p. 180 (1889: Mendoza) ; Scl. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, IV. p. 



VI (1894: Falkland Islands); id. Ibis, 1895, p. 145. 

 Phalaropiis lobatus, Hartl. (nee Linn.) Ind. Azara, p. 25 (1847); Phil- & 



Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 37 (1868). 



Phalaropus frenatus, Pelz. Reise, Novara, Vog. p. 132 (1865: Chili). 

 Steganopus wilsoni, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. Water Birds N. Amer. I. p. 



335 (1884). 



FIG. 175. 



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Steganopus tricolor. Adult female. Princeton University Museum. One half natural size. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult Female Breeding. Total length, 10 inches. 



Wing, 5.3 inches. 



Culmen, 1.4 inch. 



Tail, 2.3 inches. 



Tarsus, 1.35 inch. 



Adult male breeding. Total length, 9 inches. 



Wing, 4.9 inches. 



Culmen, 1.25 inch. 



Tail, 1.9 inch. 



Tarsus, 1.25 inch. 



Color. Adult female breeding. 



Head : Forehead and crown uniform pearly greyish blue. Occiput 

 white. Lores like the crown. A white spot in front of the eye, with a 

 black margin. Upper eyelid white, lower one black, continuous with the 

 black feathers in front of the eye. A black line starting below the loral 

 region at the base of the upper mandible, straight and clearly denned on 

 its lower edge, becoming indefinite on its upper edge as it approaches the 

 eye, passing below that organ and then widening out and passing at the 

 auricular region and as a broad black bar down the side of the neck, and 

 changing into rufous chestnut, continues down the sides of the back and 

 scapulars. Below this black line the sides of the head and face are white. 



