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Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



Female. The female is larger than the male, very similarly, but much more brightly and 

 richly coloured. 



Measurements. 



Wins 



101—104 



106—113 



107 



Tail 



Exposed 

 culmen 



Tarsus 



47—52 19—21 



50—54 20—22 



52 21 



20—21 



INIid. toe 

 with claw 



20—21 



20—22 20—22 



19 18 



3 cT ad., Bering Id. (Stejneger f 2] . 



4 g ad., Bering Id. (Stejneger f 2) . 

 ad., Manado tua, 11. April, 1893 . . 



Eggs. 4; pale buff and rich ochi-aceous buff to pale oHve, thickly blotched, spotted and 

 speckled with rich imiber-brown , blackish brown and pale brown, and with a few 

 greyish underlying markings; size 26.7 — 30.5 X 20.3 — 21.6 (from Seebohm 4; see, 

 also, Naumann c I, Dresser III, Taczanowski h 1, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. 

 g 1, etc.). 



Nest. In the neighbourhood of water, on short grass or among low plants, where on a dry 

 spot, usually a small hillock, the birds form a shght hollow among small grass-tufts, 

 lining it in a careless manner with a few dry bents (from Naumann). 



Distribution. Europe; N. W. Africa; Asia; N. America (Dresser III, Baird, Brew. & 

 Ridgw. g 1). — India (Jerdon e 6, Hume e 2, e 4); East Siberia (Middend., etc. 

 hi); Bering Id. (Stejneger f 2); Sakhahen (Nikolski hi); Kui-ile Is. (Snow 6) 

 Japan (Perry, etc. G); Loochoo Is. (Nishi f 3); China (Swinh. e 6, David e 3) 

 Celebes — (Reinwardt 2), Minahassa (Fischer f 1), Manado tua Id. (Nat. Coll.) 

 Amboina, New Guinea, Ai'u, New Bi-itain (Salvad. e 6). 



The Red-necked Phalarope has rarely been met with on the coast of Celebes, 

 and is probably a somewhat irregular winter visitor. In Borneo and the Philip- 

 pines, where it must also occur, it has not yet been noticed. It was first ob- 

 tained in Celebes by Reinwardt, subsequently in one example by Fischer, 

 and in two (one now in the Dresden and the other in the Tring Museum) from 

 the little island of Manado tua in April, 1893, by our native hunters; all four 

 examples were in more or less complete winter dress. The bird breeds in rather 

 high latitudes, for instance, some parts of the west coast and islands of Scotland, 

 the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Finmark, Perm, the Taimyr River, E. Siberia, 

 Bering Island, the northern coast of America, as shown in the works of Dresser, 

 Taczanowski, and Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. In winter a southern 

 migration takes place, but the majority of individuals do not, as a rule, appear 

 to pass so far south as the East Indies, where it must be regarded as a rare 

 species. 



The food of the Red-necked Phalarojie was found by Naumann to consist 

 of very small worms, which infest floating sea-weeds, insects, larvae and such 

 like. This food it seeks on the strand, especially in muddy sjjots, also wading 

 after it, or taking it as it swims about. Prof. Newton remarks: "A more en- 

 trancing sight to the ornithologist can hardly be presented than by either of 

 the two species (P. hyperhoreus and P. fulicarius). Their graceful form, their 

 lively coloration, and the confidence with which both are familiarly displayed in 

 their breeding-quarters can hardly be exaggerated, and it is equally a delight- 

 ful sight to watch these birds gathering their food in the high-running surf, or 



