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THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY. 



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Notes on Birds of Long Island. 



By W. W. Worthington. 



[All articles by Mr. Worthington are original and are 

 written expressly for The Collectors' Monthly.— Ed.] 



[ The first number is the list number, the 

 second that of the A. O. U. Check List, and 

 the one following the name that of the Ridge- 

 way Catalogue.] 



(/OS) 222. Grymophilus fulicarius. 



Red Phalarope. (563.) 



Back, throat and top of head black ; feathers 

 of back with broad yellowish edgings; stripe 

 on cheek and the tips of upper wing coverts 

 white ; beneath deep reddish brown with a 

 purplish cast on the belly; bill yellowish; 

 length 7-J inches. 



A rare migrant along our coast, 



usually passing by off shore, unless 



driven in by storms or thick weather. 



Breeds from Maine northward. Nest, 



a hollow in the ground scantily lined 



with grass or moss. Eggs, three or 



four, clay or ashy ground, spotted and 



blotched with different shades of brown 



and averaging about l^x 1 inch and 



are laid early in June. 



{/06) 223. Phalaropw lobatus. 



Northern Phalarope. (564.) 



Above brownish black, with bright rusty 

 red markings on the back ; top of head and 

 back of neck dark ash; ring around, and stripe 

 on each side of neck bright rusty red ; beneath 

 white ; sides ashy, mixed with rusty red ; 

 length 7 inches 



A regular off-shore migrant, but 

 rarely seen near land during migra- 

 tions unless driven in by unfavorable 

 weather. There was a large flight of 

 these birds along the south shore of 

 Long Island in the latter part of May, 

 1883. Many were killed by gunners, 

 some being sent to Mr. Dutcher, who 

 speaks of them in the Auk: — "On 

 the 18th of May it commenced to blow 

 from the north-east, and continued 

 blowing from that quarter to south- 

 east steadily until the 21st, when it 

 culminated in an easterly storm which 

 lasted about 24 hours. On the 23d 

 and 24th the Phalaropes were seen, 

 but disappeared as suddenly as they 

 came." 



Breed in the far north, in a rude 

 nest on the ground. Eggs, three or 

 four, creamy ash ground, blotched 

 with different shades of brown, and 

 averaging about l|xl inch. 



{/07) 22&. Phalaropus tricolor. 



Wilson's Phalarope. (565.) 



Above smoky brown, with reddish markings 

 on the back ; rump white ; crown and back 

 of neck light ash color; a broad patch of 

 bright reddish brown across the neck and ex- 

 tending around to the back ; a stripe back of 

 the eye deep reddish brown ; beneath white ; 

 legs and bill black ; length 9£ inches. 



A rare migrant along the coast, 

 keeping off sliore unless driven in by 

 adverse weather. Breeds inland, from 

 Illinois northward. Wests commonly 

 around the prairie marshes. Nest a 

 hollow in the ground and lined with 

 grasses. E^s three or four are laid 

 about June 1st, ground color creamy, 

 or yellowish ash-color, blotched and 



