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GRAY PHALAROPE 



in autumn; probably in its migration from the Arctic flats; it was 

 also met with among the ice between Asia and America. 



The editor has been at considerable pains this spring to pro- 

 cure specimens and information of the two Phalaropes which are 

 figured and described in this vokime, but he is sorry to declare 

 that his endeavors have been unsuccessful. Though he explored 

 our ponds and shores many times with his gun, and made fre- 

 quent inquiries of sportsmen, yet he neither saw these birds nor 

 heard of them ; and he has reason to believe that they seldom 

 visit this part of the United States. 



