BIRDS-YOUNG LIKE ADULT MALES. 



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incubation, for Mr. Swinhoe^" found the females before the close 

 of the summer associated in flocks, as occurs with the females of 

 the Turnix. 



The females of Phalaropus fulicarijis and P. hyperboreus are 

 larger, and in their summer plumage "more gayly attired than 



Fig. 



Ehynohaea capensis (from Brehm). 



"the males." But the difference in color between the sexes is 

 far from conspicuous. According to Professor Steenstrup, the 

 male alone of P. fulicarius undertakes the duty of incubation; 

 this is likewise shown by the state of his breast-feathers during 

 the breeding-season. The female of the dotterel plover (Eudro- 

 mias morinellus) is larger than the male, and has the red and 

 black tints on the lower surface, the white crescent on the breast, 



" 'Ibis,' 1S66, p. 298. 



