66 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PALUDICOLAE. RALLI. 



RALLIDAE. 



R. I. — Common migrant, mainly in fall. April-May 28; Sept. 

 26-Dec. 20. 



Conn. — Common migrant, mainly in fall. Spring; Sept. 29- 

 Nov. 14. 



LIMICOLAE. 



PHALAROPODIDAE. 



127. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linne) Bonaparte. 



Red phalarope; Bank-bird; Brown bank-bird; Gray phalarope; 

 Gulf -bird; Sea goose; Whale -bird. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 291, pi. 339. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 18, fig. 11; pi. 19, fig. 1. 



Tringa fidicaria Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 148. 

 "America." 



Chiefly maritime; nests on the ground in marshes. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant, mainly offshore, and rare summer 

 resident (near Calais). May 8-17; (summer); July 25-Oct. 17. 



N. H. — ^Migrant, mainly oifshore; sometimes common. May; 

 Oct. 



Vt. — Rare migrant at Lake Champlain. 



Mass. — Offshore migrant, irregularly common. May 1-26; 

 Aug. 31-Xov. 24. 



R. I., Conn. — Offshore migrant, sometimes common. Late 

 May; Sept. 26-Dec. 20. 



128. LoBiPES LOBATUS (Linne) Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway. 

 Northern phalarope; Bank-bird; Jersey goose; Mackerel 



goose; Red-necked phalarope; Sea goose; Sea snipe; Whale- 

 bird; White bank-bird. 



Tringa lobata Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, pp. 148, 824. 

 "ix A:merica septentrioxali, Lappoxia." 



Lobipes hyperhoreiis Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 295, pi. 340. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 131, pi. 38, fig. 1. 



Chieflv maritime; nests on the ground in marshes. 



