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I send von was shot May 24, 18S3 ; it was alone. Neither my 

 father or either of my brothers ever saw one before." I may add, 

 that Capt. Lane, the father, lias been a professi(jnal <^i'.nner, on the 

 south side of Long Ishmd, for over forty years. His three sons 

 are also professional gunners. 



8. Phalaropus fulicarius {Linn.) Bp. Red Piialarope. 

 — May 19, 1S83, I received from Geo. A. Lane, of Shinnecock 

 Bay, a Red Phalarope that had evidently been shot some three or 

 four days. He vs'rote me, "The bird was alone. I never saw 

 but one before." 



9. Lobipes hyperboreus (Z//^;z.) Cuv. Northern Phala- 

 rope. — May 34, 1883, Geo. A. Lane, sent me some specimens 

 of this Phalarope. He wrote, "There have been more Phalaropes 

 this spring than I ever saw before. My brothers killed nearly 50 

 and sent them to market with other Snipe." Subsequently, while 

 at South Oyster Bay, I questioned some of the gunners regarding 

 the flight of Northern Phalaropes this spring, and ascertained 

 that on the 23d and 24th of May there was a large flight of them. 

 Three gunners said they shot about 20, and then desisted because 

 they did not want any more. They remarked "that they were 

 ver}' gentle, almost always alighting among the decoys, swimming 

 lightly and gracefullv about." The very unusual number of these 

 birds found on Long Island this spring may possibly be accounted 

 for as follows : During the northward migration they were 

 driven out of their usual course by head winds. The facts are 

 these : On the iSth of May it commenced to blow from the north- 

 east and continued blowing from that quarter to south-east steadilv 

 until the 21st, when it culminated in an easterly storm which 

 lasted about twent3'-four hours. On the 23d and 24th. the Phala- 

 ropes were seen, but disappeared as suddenly as they came. 

 They are more commonly seen in the fall, but then only occa- 

 sionally. 



10. Steganopus wilsoni (^Sah.) Coues.- Wilson's Phala- 

 rope. — Mr. Charles E. Perkins, of Hartford, Conn., wrote me: 

 "While at Shinnecock Bay, L. I., August 20. 1883. I shot a 

 bird which none of the gunners recognized, and I ordered it 

 sent to you. I should like to know what it is." It proved to 

 be a Wilson's Phalarope. Subsequently one of the gunners 

 informed me that a similar bird was shot a few days later by 

 another sportsman, but he could not secure it for me. 



