396 CHAEADEIID^, 



Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186', 328'; A. O. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. 



p. 83'. 

 Phalaropus wilsoni, Sabine, in Frankl. Narr. Journ. Polar Sea, i., App. p. 691 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, 



p. 101'°; 1866, p. 198"; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179 '^ Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186", 



327 ". 

 Steganopus mlsoni, Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 335 ". 

 Lobipes incanus, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. i. t. 16 ". 

 Phalaropus stenodactylus, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 523 ". 



Ptil. Tiiem. Supra cinereus, plumis singulis angust« albido fimbriatis ; primariis pallide brunneis, rhachidibns 

 albican ti-bruD Deis, secundariis dorso concoloribas et albo fimbriatis ; uropygii lateribns et supracaudalibus 

 pure albis, his nonnullis cinereo irregulariter fasoiatis ; reotricibus cinereis, lateralibus intus albis cinereo 

 marmoratis ; pileo coUoque dorso concoloribus ; fronte lata, supercilio lato, coUi lateribus et corpore 

 subtus toto pure albis ; regione parotica et oculari cinereis, corporis lateribus vii cinereo lavatis ; 

 subalaribus pallide cineraceis, interioribus et axillaribus pure albis. Long, tota circa 9'0, alae 5-3, 

 caudae 1'8, culm. 1"45, tarsi 1'25. (Descr. avis adnltsB ex Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Ptil. cBsiiv. Valde diversus, pulchre cinereus, pileo margaritaceo ; loris et fascia lata ad latera colli dncta nigris ; 

 eoUo postioo albo ; coUi lateribus, interscapulio lateral! et scapularibus castaneis ; gula summa genisque 

 albis, gutture reliquo et praepectore et corporis lateribus pallide castaneo-rufo adumbratis : rostro nigra ; 

 pedibuB cyanescenti-cinereis ; iride brunnea. Long, tota circa 8-3, alae 5*4, candae 2'25, calm. 1*4, 

 tarsi 1-3. (Descr. feminae adultse ex Lake Nevada. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. NoETH Amekica, chiefly the interior, breeding from Northern Illinois and Utah 

 northward to the Saskatchewan Region^. — Mexico {Jardine^^, Wagler^'', Tay- 

 lor^, Le Strange^), Tres Marias Is. (Forrer^), Valley of Mexico {White ^ ^^, 

 Herrera ^^ ^^j, Xochimilco {Herrera ^ ''), Ixtapalapa, Tlalpam ^, Laguna de 

 Chapulco, Puebla ^ {Ferrari-Perez), Jerez, Zacatecas {Richardson ^) ; Guatemala, 

 Lake of Duenas {Constancia ^ ^^ ^^). 



Wilson's Phalarope is known almost entirely as an inland species ; it is seldom found 

 on the sea-coast, and migrates by way of the Mississippi Valley to Central Mexico 

 and Guatemala. J5ven in its winter home in South America it appears to frequent 

 inland waters rather than the coasts. 



S. tricolor has been met with in several places in the Valley of Mexico, and a 

 specimen obtained near the city of Guatemala by Constancia is in our collection. 



In habits this species resembles the other Phalaropes, being tame and confiding in 

 disposition ; but it does not swim so much, and wades after the manner of a Sandpiper. 

 When necessary, however, it swims with ease, and the young soon after being hatched 

 are equally at home on the water. 



The nest is a depression in the ground, lined with grass. The eggs, four in 

 number, are incubated by the male ; they vary from a fawn-colour to a rufous-drab 

 profusely spotted and speckled with different shades of brown, thickest at the larger 

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