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ish, distinctly bordered with buff or ochraceous; middle wing-coverts 
bordered with buff or whitish; forehead, supra-auricular stripe, lores, 
and lower parts white, the chest and sides of breast sometimes suffused 
with dull brownish ; ear-coverts dusky. Downy young: Above bright 
tawny, the rump with three parallel stripes of black, enclosing two 
of paler fulvous than the ground-color; a triangular patch of brown 
on crown, bounded irregularly with blackish; a biack line over ears; 
throat and rest of head pale tawny; rest of lower parts white, be- 
coming grayish posteriorly. Length 7.00-8.00, wing 4.00-4.45, culmen 
.80-.90, tarsus .75-.80, middle toe .65-.75. Lggs 3-4, 1.20 x .82, pale 
olive-drab or olive-buff, thickly speckled or spotted with dark brown. 
Hab. Northern portions of northern hemisphere, breeding far north- 
WOE sivaninsvioswater sate eeies 223. P. lobatus (Linn.). Northern Phalarope. 
a. Wing more than 4.50; tarsus more than 1.00; web between outer and middle 
toes not reaching to second joint of the latter; lateral membrane of all the 
toes narrow and not distinctly “scalloped.” (Subgenus Steganopus VIEILL.) 
Adult female in summer: Forehead and crown pale bluish gray, the former 
with a blackish line along each side; occiput and hind-neck white, 
changing to plumbeous-gray on back; stripe on side of head and con- 
tinued broadly down side of neck deep black, changing gradually on 
lower portion into rich dark chestnut, this continued backward along 
each side of back; short stripe above lores and eyes, chin, cheeks, and 
throat, pure white; fore-neck and chest soft buffy cinnamon; rest of 
lower parts white ; length 9.40-10.00, wing 5.20-5.30, culmen 1.30-1.35, 
tarsus 1.30-1.35, middle toe .90-1.00. Adult male in summer: Smaller 
and much duller in color than the female, with the beautiful tints and 
pattern of the latter but faintly indicated; length 8.25-9.00, wing 4.75- 
4.80, culmen 1.25, tarsus 1.20-1.25, middle toe .90. Winter plumage: 
Above plain ash-gray ; upper tail-coverts, superciliary stripe, and lower 
parts white, the chest and sides of breast shaded with pale gray. Young: 
Top of head, back, and scapulars dusky blackish, the feathers distinctly 
bordered with buff; wing-coverts also bordered with pale buff or 
whitish ; upper tail-coverts, superciliary stripe, and lower parts, white, 
the neck tinged with buff. Downy young: Bright tawny, paler beneath, 
the belly nearly white; occiput and hind-neck with a distinct median 
streak of black, on the former branching laterally into two narrow 
irregular lines; lower back and rump with three broad black stripes ; 
flanks with a black spot, and region of tail crossed with a wide bar of 
the same. Eggs 3-4, 1.28 xX .90, pale grayish buff varying to brownish 
buff, thickly speckled and spotted with dark brown or brownish black. 
Hab. Temperate North America, but chiefly the interior; north to 
eastern Oregon, the Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia; south, during 
migrations, to Brazil and Patagonia. (Not recorded from Pacific slope 
of California, Oregon, or Washington Territory.) 
224, P. tricolor (V1zILu.). Wilson’s Phalarope. 
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