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shore soon after the first of April, and returns south again 
during late October. 
Orper LIMICOLA. Shore Birds. 
The Shore Birds very largely subsist on such animal food 
as may be found in the soft mud or along the borders of 
streams and ponds or on the shore of lake or ocean. All spe- 
cies found in Ohio except the Plovers probe the mud for the 
worms, insects and their larve, mollusks and other small 
animals found there, but the Plovers glean mostly from the 
surface and may also take some vegetable matter. They 
are decidedly useful birds, keeping in check insects which 
other birds would not destroy. 
Family PHataropopip#. Phalaropes. 
Two of the three species of this family are found in Ohio, 
and the other one may yet be discovered. At best they are 
unusual and wary, wading in the water and swimming on 
its surface with ease. 
%8. (223.) PHALAROPUS LoBATUS (Linn.). 227. a 
Northern Phalarope. | 
Synonyms: Lobipes hyperboreus, Phalaropus hyperboreus, 
Tringa lobata. 
Red-necked Phalarope. 
Kirtland, Am. Journal Sci. and Arts, XL, 1841, 21. 
I have been unable to add any records of this species to 
those given by Dr. Wheaton, which are as follows: A sin- 
gle specimen (not a pair) taken near the pier in Cleveland 
harbor in November, 1840 (?), and preserved in Dr. Kirt- 
land’s collection. A pair taken by Dr. Jasper, on the Scioto 
river, also in winter plumage, one of them preserved in Dr. 
Wheaton’s, the other in Oliver Davies’ collection. Dr. 
Wheaton also remarks that others have been taken by Mr. 
R. K. Winslow and others on the lake shore. The 
status of the species as an Ohio bird must rest upon the 
three captured specimens. 
