IMIALAROPoDIDiB — THK I'lI.VLAROl'KM - 8TK(»AN()Pl'8. 



835 



liinls. 



lllPlifC 



•iiif; 111 



sidr. 

 iifi'ty 



)Clltl'll. 



FiiikIv. 

 lat sliv. 

 ii.l H.iiii 



; tiro I- 



Siii|»'. 



lit iniin- 



ot'ks at 



1(1 wciv 



bits III 

 •hos liy 

 ill bull. 

 il gruat 



,iM\it't> for the HiilVty "f their I'^CK". liniiiiiiK or niiuiiiiK with I'xtt'iiili-il vviiiKs, utturiiiK 

 a i'l'fhlc iinil iiii'laiM'luiiy imtt*. Tin- ynun^ h>iivi> tlii> in'st sliurtly utter they ure 

 iiati'lieil, anil run alter tiieii' |iaretit.s over the moss ami almi.^' the eil^'es of the small 

 |iiiiiiU. They hail all ileparleil hy the lie^'iiiiiiii^' ul' AuKHst. 



Mr. MaeKarlane loiiiid tluH Mpecies ijreediiij,' in ^reat almmhuiee in the Aictie 

 rei,'inns thrmixh whieh he pasHeil, linni the nlj,'"' nl the wtMidcd emintiy tn the 

 .slmres til the Aietie Sea. Ill niiiie than titty in.stame.s in which he made note.s id' 

 il> nest.«t and e>,'^,'.s, he round the I'oriiier to Im- mere depressions in the jjronnd lined 

 w ith a lew dried leaves uiid gras.ses, and in almost every instance placed near the ed^'es 

 (il filial! iininls; the iiiimbei' of the ej,'|,'s was almost invariably four. The nests were 

 .sii'ii li'iiiii llie I7lh ol .liiiie iiiilil into •Inly, and in several instames perfectly fresh 

 c;,';,'s were Iniind as late as .Inly .">. They were tolerably numerous in the wooded 

 niMiitiy. were also louiid in the Uarreiis wherever there were small lakes, and were 

 iiiil less frcipieiitly seen at the very ed(,'e of the Arctic Sea and on the island,^ off thy 

 I'nast. Sometimes the birds permitted the near a|ipi'oach id' man without any noise 

 (H special manifestations of uneasiness; but at other times both |iarents would make 

 (,'rcat oiitcrii'S, and tly frnni tree to tree in order to draw the intrudei' away from the 

 nest. 



The e>,'>;s of this species average l.K* inches in leii^dh by .SO of an inch in breadth. 

 Tlicir j,'round-color is a t,'rcenisli drab. 'I'he spots are much liner and more numerous 

 tliaii in the cf^j^s of the j'n/lnirlii.i, and are of a sepia-brown. They are pyrii'orm in 

 shape, and miudi smaller than those of the IJed I'lialarope. Their nests were found 

 li\ Mr. Lockhart i|U!te common on the Vukon. These cj,'ns, collected in gi'cat nuni- 

 licrs at various iioints on both the N'ukon and .Vndcison rivers, exhibit Ljreat variations. 

 The ^Mouiiil-eolor ran},'es from the darkest olive-green to biuwnisli olive, drab of va- 

 riipiis shades, to butf, and more rarely to a stoiic-gray. The spots also vary in si/c and 

 ill llicir distribution, but are usually very iiumcrous, and often continent; tiiey vary 

 ill tlicir shinies from a bistre so dark as to be nlmost black, to chocolate-brown, and 

 even lighter sluuh's. 



Gknus STEGANOPUS, Vikiu.ot. 



Sliijunopus, Vir.ii.i., I'liif. Jlrth. IS'JU, 1100 (typf, I'hclnropus lubutiis, \Vii.s., = 7'. U'ilsoni, Sauise). 

 //nl^iHii/liix, lloNAI'. Syiiiip. 1N1!S, ;il2. 



CuAU. bill sleiidur anil suVmlatL', with Htrii-tly Imsal nostrils, as in f.uhlpm ; wch bctwueii 

 iiiiii-r mill iiiiildlc toes mil rcucliiiig to scfimil joint, tliu lateral iiu'inbraiie of all the toes iiiir- 

 iiAv anil scarcely scallo])CMl. 



Steganopus Wilson! . 



WILBOK'8 FHAIABOPE. 



! Ti-iiifia (jhicidlh, Omf.i.. S. N. I. ii. 178S, »i".') (baswl on Plain I'lialarope, Penn. Aret. Zool. II. 



178"., V.>:,, 110. 41.'-. ; I.ATH. Syiiop. V. 17:»). 

 riiiilaniinii lolmliis, " biNN." Wii.s. Am. Oni. I.K. 182,'., 72, pi. 73, fig. 3 (not of laxx.). 

 I'li'iliini/iiis inimiii, SAUixr., App. Fiankl. Jouni. 182.'», Ct»l. — Hw. & Hicii, V. 15. A. II. ISSl, 405, 



1.1. C!i. — Ni-TT. Man. II. 1834, 24.".. — An>. Oiii. Biog, III. 1835, 4U0, pi. 254. — Cass, in Itainrs 



Ii. X. Am. 185S, 7ii5. — Baikd, Cat. X. Am. U. 1859, no. 51t». 

 I'hnluroiHis (IIoloiMUuit) U'ihuiii, lioNAi-. .'^yimp. 1828, 342, no. 279. — NcTT. Mnn. II. 1834, 245. 

 fMbipes JVihiHii, An.. .Synop. IS-IH, 241 ; I?. Am. V. 1842, 299, ).l. 341. 

 Slegampiis Wilmini, Cocks, Iliis, Apr. ISfia, 158; Kt-y, 1872, 248; Clicck List, 1873, no. 409; 2il 



ed. 1882, no. 002; IJ. N. W. 1874, 407. — Kiuuw. Noiu. N. Am. 15. 1882, no. 505. 



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