EED-NECKED PHALAKOPE. 



PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUS {Linn.). 



Tringa hyperborea. Linn. S. N. i. p. 249. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus^ Hewitson, ii. p. 370 ; Yarr. ed. 4, 



iii. p. 315; Dresser, vii. p. 597. 

 Lobipes hyperboreus, Macg. iv. p. 291. 

 Phalaropus angustirostris^ Naum. viii. p. 240. 



Phalarope cendre, French; Der schmalschndbige Wasser- 

 ireter, German. 



The Red-necked Phalarope is of very uncertain occur- 

 rence in England, and then only at the seasons of 

 migration in spring and autumn. On some of the Outer 

 Hebrides and of the Orkney and Shetland Islands a few 

 pairs still remain to breed, but in sadly decreasing 

 numbers. This bird has a very wide range over the 

 northern hemisphere and is said to be especially abun- 

 dant in the Arctic Regions of America ; thence it 

 migrates southwards in autumn and has been recorded 

 even from Chili. 



A bird, supposed to have been obtained from Whittle- 

 sea Mere, was reported to Lord Lilford and furnished 

 the text of a short note by him on this species in his 

 'Birds of Northamptonshire ' (vol. ii. p. 35). 



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