COUES ON BIRDS OF DAKOTA AND MONTANA. 637 



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LOBIPES HYPEEBOEEUS, {Linn.) Cuv. 



Hyperborean Phalaropb. 



A large pool, or little lake, lying by the trail of our party, near the 

 eastern base of the Eocky Mountains, a day's march east of Saint 

 Mary's Eiver, seemed to be a favorite resort for all the waders of the 

 region, as well as the Ducks and Geese. There were here congregated 

 a surprising number of water-birds — both species and individuals. Of 

 the waders, I noticed during an hour's shooting at this spot on the 16tli 

 of August two kinds of Phalarope, the Stilt Sandpiper, the Semipal- 

 mated, Least, Baird's, and the Pectoral Sandpipers, the Willet, Greater 

 and Lesser Yellowshanks, Solitary and Spotted Tattler, in all no less 

 than a dozen species, of which I took specimens of nearly all. It was 

 perhaps the only still water for many miles around, and thus attracted 

 a full congregation of the " long-legged fraternity", to say nothing of 

 the Ducks and Geese. The Northern Phalarope was among the number, 

 rather unexpectedly to me, seeing how early in the season it was. There 

 were, however, but very few of this species, in comparison with the 

 numbers of the rest. I presume these were early arrivals from the 

 north, since it is not probable that the species breed so far south. The 

 evidence, however, is obviously negative 3 and since such boreal nesters 

 as the Waxwing and Harlequin Duck were certainly breeding in this 

 latitude, the Phalaropes seen here may have been hatched not far away. 



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