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supra cit., as having recorded the slaughter of up- 

 wards of five hundred Grey Phalaropes between the 

 20th August and 8th October, 18(36 ; of these about 

 two hundred and fifty were obtained in Sussex. I 

 may here mention that Mr. Ed. Hart, the well-known 

 taxidermist of Christchurch, Hants, recently informed 

 me that fourteen of these birds were brought to him 

 from the neighbourhood of that town in October and 

 November, 1886. 



In this family of birds the females are slightly 

 larger and more brilliantly coloured than the males, 

 the contrast between the bright colours of the summer 

 plumage and the dehcate greys of the winter dress 

 is very striking. The eggs, four in number, are of 

 a greenish yellow, thickly spotted with dark brown, 

 and are said to be laid in June, in slight depressions 

 in grass or on shingle, with very little, if any, nest. 



A stuffed specimen of the Grey Phalarope was 

 sent to me with other birds, all killed about Daventry 

 Reservoir, for identification in 1893 by Mr. E. C. 

 Burton. With a few exceptions no dates of capture 

 accompanied these specimens, and as the Phalarope 

 had evidently been stuffed and mounted for many 

 years, it occurs to me that it may probably be one of 

 those alluded to at the commencement of the present 

 article. 



143. RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 



Phalaropus hyperhoreus. 



Colonel Strong, in the letter to which I have 

 referred in the last article, gave me a short list of 

 some uncommon birds, now stuffed, in his possession, 

 and for the most part collected by his father, and at 



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