330 PRiECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



individuals and two nests were obtained. Tlie uests are said to Imve been precisely 

 similar to those of L. lohatus — mere depressions in tlie ground, with hardly any 

 lining except a few dry leaves. One nest — found on the 4th — contained three eggs, 

 which were perfectly fresh. The other — taken on the oth — contained four eggs, in 

 which were but slightly developed eniljryos. 



The eggs of this species found by Mr. MacFarlane on an island in Franklin Bay, 

 on the Arctic coast, measure 1.30 inches in length by .87 of an inch in breadth. 

 Their ground-color is greenish drab, marked with blotches of a varying intensity of 

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

 est specimens of this egg measure .85 by 1.15, and one egg is .90 in breadth. 



Genus LOBIPES, Citviee. 

 Lobvpes, "Cuv, R^g. Anim. 1817 " (type, Triuija hy^xrhorea, Linn., = T. lobata, Linn.). 

 Char. Similar to Phalaro^ms, but lull suljulate, and the nostrils strictly basal. 



L. lohatus. 



Lobipes lobatus. 



THE NOETHERN PHALABOPE. 



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

 Trlnga hypcrborea, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1760, 249 (based on Faun. Suee. 170 ; Edw. 143 ; Will. 270 ; 



Ray, 132. — Phalaropits dnerc^is, Bui.ss. Orn. VL 15). 

 Phalaropus hypcrboreus (male), L-Wii. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 775 (excl. syn. supposed ffniale = P. 



fulicarius). — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 239. —AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 118 ; V. 1839, 595, pi. 



215. — Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 706. — Baird, Cat. N". Am. B. 1859, no. 520. 

 Lobipes hyperioreus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. ed. 1829, 532. — AuD. Synop. 1839, 240; B. Am. V. 1842, 



295, pi. 340. — CouEs, Key, 1872, 248 ; Check List, 1873, no. 410 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 603 ; 



B. N. W. 1874, 469. — EiDGW. Nora. N, Am. B. 1882, no. 564. 

 Trimja fusca, Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 675. 

 Phalaroims ruficolUs, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1826, 203. 

 Phalaroinis cinerasccns. Pall. t. e. 204. 

 Phalaropus cincrens, Meyer & Wolf, Tasch. II. ISIO, 417. 

 Phalaropus aiiguslirostris, Naum. Vcig. Deutsclil. VIII. 1836, 240, pi. 205. 

 " Phalaropus australis, Temm. &Br." (Sciilegel). 

 Phalaropus WilHavisii, Simm. Linn. Trans. VIII. 264. 



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

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

 from the following southern localities : Bermudas ; Diieiias, Guatemala ; Isthmus of Tehuan- 

 tepec. 



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

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



