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2. Bill stout" and with a flattened tip; wing more than 4J inches 



long Red Phalarope. 



2. Bill quite slender and not flattened at tip, wing less than 4f 



inches long Northern Phalarope. 



223. Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus) — Northern Phalarope. 



A rare migrant. Reported by F. W. Powell from Alda in Cooke's 

 Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley; by I. S. Trostler from 

 Omaha, where a specimen was taken May 6, 1896; and several times 

 at Lincoln, by D. A. Haggard, August Eiche, and J. S. Hunter, in 

 May and from the end of August to the end of October. Breeds far 

 to the north. 



224. *Steganopus tricolor (Vieillot) — Wilson Phalarope. 



An abundant migrant throughout the state and a common breeder 

 in the sand-hill region. Migrates during the latter part of April and 

 the first half of May and during September and early in October. 

 Omaha, Peru, West Point, Fremont, Lincoln, Fullerton, Neligh, 

 Dakota and Dixon counties, North Platte, etc. — migrating; summer 

 resident in Holt county, breeding in Cherry county and reported 

 by J. A. Dickinson as probably breeding at Gresham, May 30, 1896, 

 when two pairs were observed. 



EXTRALIMITAL: 222. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linnaeus), the 

 Red Phalarope, is a species breeding far to the north and coming . 

 south rarely in winter to the northern Mississippi valley. Has been 

 recorded from Illinois, Minnesota, and Wyoming, and it might occur 

 in Nebraska. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID-ffi— Avocets and Stilts 



1. Bill decidedly curved upward, over 3 inches long; the 3 front toes 



connected by webs Avocet. 



1. Bill only slightly curved upward, less than 3 inches long; the 2 outer 



toes only webbed Black-necked Stilt. 



225. *Recurvirostra americana Gmelin — Avocet. 



A rather common migrant over the state and » frequent breeder 

 in the sand-hill region. Migrates late in April and during May and 

 again during September and October. Omaha, West Point, Rich- 

 ardson county, Lincoln, Wood river, Gresham, etc. ; found by Wolcott 

 breeding at Clear lake, Cherry county, in June, 1902. 



226. Himantopus mexicanus (Mueller) — Black-necked Stilt. 



This bird, a southern species, but recorded from Illinois, Minne- 

 sota, and Kansas as a straggler, and as breeding in Colorado, has 

 only been observed in Nebraska in the vicinity of Omaha, from where 

 L. Skow and I. S. Trostler record it, the latter giving the following 

 dates: May 10, 1893; May 6, 1894; Apr. 20, 1895; and Oct. 3 and 

 9, 1894. May possibly breed in southwestern Nebraska. 



