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sound from the shrill notes of the preceding species, 

 being deeper and more mellow. It is a more common 

 bird in Southern California, and may be heard, as well 

 as seen, in large flocks migrating during the early spring 

 and late fall. It trumpets, however, at dusk and day- 

 break, for an hour at a time without ceasing, and is 

 particularly noisy at nesting time when feeding its 

 young; the united clamor carries the news of its 

 presence at the nest to listeners a mile or two away. 

 Although the arctic regions are the breeding ground 

 of this bird, a few pairs are said by Mr. Lockhart to 

 breed on the Saskatchewan River in British Columbia. 



BIRDS FOUND ALONG THE 

 BE J CHES 



224. WILSON PHALAROPE.— Steganopus tricolor. 

 Family : The Phalaropes. 



Length: Female, 10.00 ; male, 9.00, a little smaller than a robin. 



Male in Breeding Plumage : Upper parts graj'ish brown, brownest on 



crown and merging to reddish brown on sides of neck in a more or 



less distinct stripe ; line over eye and under parts white, tinged with 



buff on throat and breast. 

 Female in Breeding Plumage : Back and crown slaty gray ; a black stripe 



on sides of head and neck merging to red-brown on shoulders ; line 



over eye and under parts white, tinged with light brown on chest 



and lower part of throat. 

 Adults in Winter : Upper parts dusky gray ; under parts white, washed 



with grayish on chest and sides. 

 Downy Young : Light cinnamon-brown above, paler below, merging to 



white on under parts. Line of black through crown and nape to back 



of neck. Three black stripes on lower back. 



