‘Shore Birds. 
Foot of Phalarope 
4 Size 
222. Red Phalarope (Crymophilus fulicarius). L, 
8.10; B. 9. Bill heavy, wider than deep. Ad. 9, 
Below entirely reddish brown; cap black, back black 
and buff. Ad. o'. Similar, but smaller; crown and 
back streaked with brown, black, and buff. Yung. 
Resemble ©, but upper tail-coverts plumbeous, un- 
derparts white. Winter. Crown and underparts white, 
hindneck black, back gray. Notes. A musical clink, 
clink. (Nelson.) 
Range.—‘‘Northern parts of northern hemisphere, breeding In the 
Arctic regions and migrating south in winter; in the United States 
south to the Middle States. Ohio Valley, and Cape St. Lucas; chiefly 
maritime’? (A. O. U.) 
223. Northern Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). 
L. 7.7; B. .8. Bill short, slender, sharply pointed. 
Ad. §. Breast rufous; above slaty gray mixed with 
ochraceous on back. 4d. co’. Smaller, less rufous 
on throat; above blackish streaked with rusty. Yung. 
Underparts and forehead white; crown sooty; back 
blackish streaked with straw-color. Wanter. Upper- 
parts gray mixed with white; underparts white. 
Notes. A low chippering, clicking note. 
Range.—Northern hemisphere; breeds from Labrador and northern 
British America north to Greenland and Alaska; winters apparently 
south of United States where itis known as a migrant chiefly off the 
coasts. 
Yi 224. Wilson Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor). 
L. 9.5; B. 1.3. Bill long. 4d. 2. Sides of neck 
black and chestnut; crown and back gray. dd. o. 
Smaller; chestnut and black much less and duller; 
crown and back blackish, latter sometimes with ru- 
ous. Yng. Below white; crown and back black 
margined with ochraceous; nape brownish gray. 
Winter. Above gray, upper tail-coverts white; below 
white. Notes. A soft, trumpeting yua, yna. 
Range. North America, chiefly in the interior; breeds from north- 
ern Illinois (rarely),Minnesota and Central California,north to latitude 
55°% winters south of United States to southern South America. 
283. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres). ; Similar to 
283.1 but larger, W. 6., and upperparts in ad. with 
black prevailing. Yng. Blacker than young of 283.1. 
Range.—Eastern hemisphere, in America, only in Greenland and 
Alaska. 
All yi 283.1. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria morinella). 
L. 9.5; W. 5.7. Ads. Reddish brown prevailing in 
upper surface. Yung. Above and breast grayish 
brown margined with buffy, throat, abdomen, rump 
and long upper tail-coverts white as in ad.; shorter 
upper tail-coverts black. Notes. When flying, a loud 
twittering note. (Nuttall.) 
Range.— Nearly cosmopolitan; breeds in Arctic regions; winters in 
America south of United States to Patagonia. 
288. Mexican Jacana (Jacana spinosa). L. 8. 
Toes over 1.5. Ads. Chestnut and black; wings 
mostly greenish. Yug. Forehead, line over eye, and 
below white. Above grayish brown, sometimes with 
rump chestnut, nape black. Notes. A harsh, rapidly 
repeated cep, cep, eep. , 
ange.— Central America and Mexico north to Lower Rio Grande 
Valley, Cuba and Haiti. 
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