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tail-coverts rufous; underparts dull, reddish brown, often with scattered white feathers. Ad. cf 

 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. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Northern and southern oceans, breeding in Arctic regions, wintering far southward. 



Range in North Carolina. -So far reported from the coastal region in February and April. 



This bird is pelagic and may be looked for in the ocean off our coast in winter. 

 It apparently does not come on the beaches unless driven in by unusual stress of 

 weather. Our records of its occurrence in North Carolina are as follows : 



FIG. 79. RED PHALABOPE. 



On April 2, or 3, 1896, Gerald H. Thayer was shown by the keeper of Cape 

 Lookout lighthouse about a dozen dead Red Phalaropes that had been killed by 

 the light at night. Bishop writes : " Capt. N. E. Gould sent me twelve Red Phala- 

 ropes which were collected at Bodie Island, Dare County, six on April 8, and six 

 on April 17, 1907." One was received in the flesh at the State Museum, Raleigh, 

 on February 23, 1909, sent in by M. Leslie Davis of Beaufort. 



Genus Lobipes (Cuv.) 



98. Lobipes lobatus (Linn.}. NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



Description. Adult dark plumbeous, variegated with tawny; rump and underparts white; 

 neck mainly rufous; underparts white; immature and winter birds with more white than adults. 

 L., 7.00 to 8.00; W., 4.00 to 4.50. 



