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were seen daily, during the latter half of November, in the lagoon already de- 
scribed. ‘Mr. Anthony found them very abundant all winter in the northern 
portion of the peninsula, and breeding where fresh water was in sufficient 
quantity. He found a pair nesting on San Pedro Martir in May, at an altitude 
of 8,200 feet” (Bryant). Others have been seen by Mr. Bryant at Comondu, 
San Juan (April), and ‘‘ lower Purisima cafion, where they were probably 
breeding.” 
The Coot has a very extended range on or near the Pacific coast, occurring 
numerously nearly everywhere from Alaska to northern South America, and 
breeding wherever the local conditions are suited to its tastes, without much 
apparent regard for considerations of latitude or mean temperature. 
Crymophilus fulicarius (Livyx.). 
RED PHALAROPE. 
Phalaropus fulicarius BELpDING, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 545 (Cape Region). 
Crymophilus fulicarius Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci, 2d ser., II. 1889, 271 (La 
Paz Bay). 
Although the Red Phalarope has received but nominal mention on the part 
of Mr. Belding, that observer, according to Mr. Bryant, has killed two speci- 
mens in La Paz Bay, the only ones, apparently, which have ever been taken in 
the Cape Region. Birds supposed to belong to this species have also been seen 
on several occasions off the Pacific coast of the Peninsula by both Mr. Bryant 
and Mr. Anthony, but as none of them have been secured their identification 
is perhaps open to some doubt. 
The Red Phalarope breeds only in high northern latitudes. The southern 
extension of its winter range in the Western hemisphere has not been defi- 
nitely ascertained, but in the Eastern it has occurred in northern Africa and 
at Calcutta, India. It visits the coast of California in moderate numbers at its 
seasons of migration, occurring oftenest, apparently, in autumn. 
Phalaropus lobatus (Liyy.). 
NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 
Two adult Northern Phalaropes, both females, shot by Mr. Frazar on August 
29, retain much of the breeding plumage, especially on the front and sides of 
the neck, which are faded but distinct rufous. A male taken on September 27 
is in excessively worn and faded summer plumage, which is interspersed with 
a few feathers of the winter dress. All the other birds in the series appear 
to be adults in winter plumage, or young in their first autumn plumage, inter- 
mixed, in some specimens, with more or less feathers of the winter plumage. 
Mr. Frazar found the Northern Phalarope not uncommon in early autumn at 
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