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Greenland he finds some smaller than those of Phalaropus hyperboreus and some larger, and 

 that it is impossible to distinguish them. His collector in Greenland informs him that the 

 present species breeds almost always on the small islands off the coast, whereas P. hyperboreus 

 more frequently breeds on the mainland. 



The specimens figured are, on one Plate an adult female, with an adult male swimming in 

 the water beside her, both being in breeding-plumage ; and on the second Plate an early winter- 

 plumaged bird is figured with a specimen of Phalaropus hyperboreus in the same dress, these three 

 birds being the specimens described, and are in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article 1^ have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, (J ad. test. Egedesminde, Greenland (Erichsen) . b, $ ad. (est. Labrador (Moschler) . c, ? ad. (est. Uper- 

 navik, Greenland (Ericksen). d,jun. St. Leonard's, Sussex, September 1866 (R. Kent) . e. Devonshire, 

 winter of 1870 (F. Norgate). f. Pagham, Sussex, October 1870 (R. B. Sharpe). g. River St. Croix, 

 New Brunswick, winter of 1 864 (G. Boardman) . 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram, 

 a. Iceland, b. Lisbon. 



E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 

 a, d . Labrador [Moschler). b, $. Arctic America [Lieut. Pirn). 



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