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lateral stripes continued along each side of occiput, which is pale 
brown, transversely mottled or irregularly barred with dusky 
medially, the two buff superciliary stripes nearly uniting posteriorly 
where, however, separated by a black nuchal stripe; general color of 
upper parts light buffy brown, mottled with dusky, the rump with a 
median stripe of black margined along each side by a stripe of dull 
buffy whitish; under parts of body dull buffy white, tinged poste- 
riorly with brownish buff. 
Adult male.—Wing, 119-180 (125.2); tail, 59-70.5 (62.9); culmen, 
18.5-23 (21.9); tarsus, 19.5-21.5 (20.7); middle toe, 19.5-21.5 (20.5).% 
Adult female.—Wing, 129.5-139 (135.1); tail, 63-71 (66.4); 
culmen, 21-24 (22.5); tarsus, 20-22.5 (21); middle toe, 19-21.5 (20.4).° 
Breeding in circumpolar regions; in North America, from northern 
Alaska, Melville Island, northern Ellesmere Land, etc., southward 
to mouth of Kuskokwim River, Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central 
Keewatin, Hudson Strait, and southern Greenland; in Eastern 
Hemisphere, breeding from Iceland to eastern Siberia; migrating 
southward, over oceans and along sea coasts as far as New Zealand, 
Falkland Islands, southern Patagonia, Chile (Coquimbo Bay; Val- 
paraiso Bay; off Juan Fernandez); occasional or casual in Bermudas 
and Hawaiian Islands (Kauai), and interior of United States during 
migration, — 
[Tringa] fulicaria Linnavs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 148 (Hudson Bay; based 
on Red Coot-footed Tringa Edwards, Nat. Hist., iii, pl. 142); ed. 12, i, 1766, 
249.—Brtwnicu, Orn. Bor., 1764, 51.—Gmertin, Syst. Nat., i, pt.ii, 1789, 676. 
Tringa fulicaria Fasricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, 111. 
Phalaropus fulicarius Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1825, 232; 
Obs. Nomencl. Wilson’s Am. Orn., 1826, [196]; Ann. Lyc. N. Y., ii, pt. i, 
1826, 159; pt. ii, 1827, 341; Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 54.—Lesson, Man. 
a Sixteen specimens. b Eleven specimens. 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | CU | Tarsus.| Middle 
MALES. 
One adult male from Greenland. ........-.-..2-222.ee cece eee 119.5 60 22 20.5 20 
One adult male from Spitzbergen..............-22--222222-005+ 122 63 20 19.5 19.5 
One adult male from Siberia (Holy Cross Bay).-..-......-.-.-- 119 61.5 23 21.5 21 
Ten adult males from Alaska (mainland)................2----- 126.3 63. 6 21.8 20.9 20. 8 
Two adult males from Otter Island, Bering Sea................ 127 62.2 22 20 19.7 
One adult male from Massachusetts..............22-22202022ee 126 62 23 21 20 
FEMALES. 
Three adult females from Greenland..............--------2--+- 137.2 66. 8 22.3 20.7 20.3 
One adult female from Spitzbergen........-.-...---0-- eee eee 136 63 23 20 20.5 
Two adult females from northern Alaska (Point Barrow)...... 133. 5 65. 2 23 21 20. 2 
Three adult females from St. Paul Island, Bering Sea.......... 135 67.3 22.5 21.8 20. 2 
Three adult females from Otter Island, Bering Sea...........-. 134.5 67.2 22.7 21.2 21 
Two adult females from Labrador and Ungava................ 134 65.7 22.2 20.7 20 
