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Never found but two specimens in the Eastern 
States. 
Phalaropus Fulicarius.—LBonap. 
Red Phalarope. 
Found in Maine. Breeding on the Lakes. 
Never found but two specimens in full plumage. 
Very rare. 
Philohela ALinor—Gray. 
American Woodcock. 
Breeds from Maryland to Maine, and from the 
Atlantic to Minnesota. Some seasons very 
plenty. Eggs four. Nest on the ground made 
of leaves and grass. Ihave found it breeding in 
Delaware as early as March, when snipe shoot- 
ing. This nest was ona high tussick, with water 
around it about eight inches deep. 
Gallinago IV sonit—Lonap. 
English Snipe. 
Very abundant over the United States. Found 
it breeding in Maine and lowa. Eggs four. 
Jacrorhamphus Griseus—Leach. 
Red-breasted Snipe. ; 
_ Very abundant in the month of May in the 
meadows along the sea coast, passing through 
Iowa about the first of June, fying westward. 
Never found the egg. 
