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PR.KCOCIAL OUALLATOUES — LIMICOL.Ii. 



individiiuls and two nests wore oljtuinctl. Tho nests are said to have boon ])reci,silv 

 similar to tliost? of A. Inlmtiis — nicro depressions in tlie j,'ronnd, witli hardly any 

 linin}< exeejit a few dry leavt-s. One nest — found on tiie Itii — contained three e;,';,'>. 

 whieh were perfectly fresh. The other — taken on the oth — contained fouregj,'s, in 

 which were l»nt slij^htly develoiied endiiyos. 



The egt,'s of this Hpecies found liy Mr. .MacFarlane on an island in Franklin I'.ay. 

 on the Anrtie coast, measure l..'i(l inches in leni,'th hy .87 of an inch in Im-adlli. 

 Their gro\ind-eolor is greenish drab, marked with lilotches of a varying intensity dl 

 sepia-brown, larger, more conHuent, and deeper in tint on the obtuse end. The small- 

 est spe(umens of this egg measure .iS,** by l.l."i, and one «'gg is .*.<() in breadth. 



Geni's LOBIPES, C'lrviER. 



Lobipes, "Cvv, Rt-g. Aiiiin. 1817" (typi', Trinija lininrbunii, Linn., = T. lobata, LitJN.). 

 Chak. Siniilur to Pkularopug, but bill Hubulato, and the nostrils strictly basal. 



L. hbatits. 



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Lobipes lobatus. 



TEE NOHTHEBN PHALABOFE. 



Tringa lobata, LiVN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148 ; wl. 12, I. 1706, 249 (based on Edw. pi. 308). 

 Tringa hupcvborca, LiNN. S. N. ed. 12, 17()ii, 241) (Imscd on Faun. Siiec. 17!) ; Emv. 143 ; AVii.i,. 27i' ; 



Hay, \^1. ~ Phahmijim ciii'irux, I5i;iss. Oni. VI. 15). 

 Phalaropua hyperboirus (male), L.\tii. Ind. Oiii. II. 17W, 775 (oxcl. syn. supposed female = /'. 



/((/ifrtWit.v). — Nirrr. Man. II. 1834, 239. —Arn. Oni. liiog. III. 183,5, 118 ; V. 1839, .WS, il. 



215. — Cash, in Hainl's li. X. Am. 1858, 70G. — lUiitD, Cat. N. Am. H. 1859, no. 520. 

 Lobipes hypcrbotrus, Cuv. liej,'. .\nim. I. cd. 1829, 532. — AliD. Synop. 1839, 240 ; B. Am. V. 1!<1J. 



295, pi. 340. — Coi-Ks. Key, 1872. 248; Check List, 1873, no. 410; 2d ed. 1882, no. Cu3 : 



B. N. W. 1874, 409. — ItiiKiW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1882, no. 564. 

 Tringa fusca, Omel. S. X. L ii. 1788, 675. 

 Phahiropus rnficoUis, Pai.I,. Zoog. IJosso-As. 1 1. 1826, 203. 

 Phalitropus cinevasccus, I'At.l,. t. e. 204. 

 Phalaropiis cinmus, Mkyi'.I! & Woi.k, Taseli. II. 1810, 417. 

 Phalaropus angnslirostriK, Xatm. Vlig. Dentseld. VIII. 1836, 240, pi. 205. 

 " Phalaropus aiuttralis, Tf.mm. & Bi-." (Sciilwiki,). 

 Plialaropim Willinwitii, Sim.m. Linn. Trans. VIII. 264. 



Had. Northern portions of the northern hemisphere ; breeding very far north, and not pene- 

 trating far within the tropics in winter ; chiefly, but not .strictly, maritime. In America, reconlcil 

 from the following southern localities: Bennudas ; Dueiiaa, Guatemala; Isthmus of Tebuan- 

 tepec. 



Sp. Char. Adult : Above, dark plumbeous, the back striped with ochraceous ; wings dusky, 

 the greater coverts widely tipped with white ; lower parts chiefly white, the neck with more or 



