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Manitoba. It must breed early in southern Texas, for Mr. Negley says 
that at Eagle Pass, March 16, he caught a young Water Hen about two 
weeks old. AtSan Angelo Mr. Lloyd did not find young until May 18. 
In the spring of 1884 migration at Moss Point, Miss., commenced in Feb- 
ruary, after which no movement was noted until March 24 to March 26, 
when Coots were recorded simultaneously from Saint Louis, Mo., to 
Red Wing, Minn. In the West, they were noted from Ellis, Kans., 
and Alda, Nebr., April 4 and 9, and at the same time at Chicago. The 
only Wisconsin record was the arrival of the bulk May 4 at Green Bay. 
May 6 it came to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and May 9 it appeared 
at Oak Point, Manitoba. In the fall of 1884 the first migrants were re- 
ported from Emporia, Kans., September 20. 
In the spring of 1885 the more regular of the notes contributed on 
the migration of this species are the following: Fayette, Mo., first seen 
March 15; Emporia, Kans., March 17; Fernwood, Il., March 31; Heron 
Lake, Minn., April 1; Laporte City, Iowa, April 2; Durand, Wis., 
April 20; Ossowa, Manitoba, May 4. 
In the fall of 1885 it-arrived at Lanesboro, Minn., September 4, and 
at Emporia, Kans., September 19. The last was seen at Heron Lake, 
Minn., November 9. 
222. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.). [563.] Red Phalarope. 
Breeds in the far North, coming South in winter to the northern half 
of the Mississippi Valley. Has been recorded from Illinois (Nelson), 
and Minnesota (Hatch), 
223. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). [564.] Northern Phalarope. 
Breeds in the far North, and is a rare migrant through the Missis- 
sippi Valley. It is known from Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, and Mani- 
toba; and was reported by the observers at Saint Louis, Mo., and Alda, 
Nebr. 
224, Phalaropus tricolor (Vieill.). [565.] Wilson’s Phalarupe. 
This is the most common of the three Phalaropes, and it is more 
abundant in the Mississippi Valley than elsewhere. It does not winter 
in the Mississippi Valley, but breeds quite commonly in the northern 
parts and in Manitoba. In 1884 it was reported as breeding in Illinois, 
Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota; and it has been known to breed in Ne- 
braska and in western Kansas. May 8 a pair arrived at Vermillion, 
Dak.; May 17 it was already breeding at Polo, Ill. 
In the spring of 1885 it was noted during northward migration at 
San Angelo, Tex., May 15; at Gainesville, Tex., May 6; Emporia, Kans., 
April 23; Manhattan, Kans., May 9; and Menoken, Dak., May 12. 
In the fall of 1885 the first returned to Emporia, Kans., August 31, 
and the last was seen at Lanesboro, Minn., September 13. Mr. Lloyd 
states that in western Texas it is tolerably common in spring, but is not 
found in fall. 
