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PJLECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOLJL. 
individuals and two nests were obtained. The nests are said to have been precisely 
similar to those of L. lobatus — mere depressions in the ground, with hardly any 
lining except a few dry leaves. One nest — found on the 4tli — contained three eggs, 
which were perfectly fresh. The other — taken on the 5tli — contained four eggs, in 
which were but slightly developed embryos. 
The eggs of this species found by Mr. MacFarlane on an island in Franklin Bay, 
on the Arctic coast, measure 1.30 inches in length by .87 of an inch in breadth. 
Their ground-color is greenish drab, marked with blotches of a varying intensity of 
sepia-brown, larger, more confluent, and deeper in tint on the obtuse end. The small- 
est specimens of this egg measure .85 by 1.15, and one egg is .90 in breadth. 
Lobipes, “Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1817 ” (type, Tringa hyperborea, Linn., = T. lobata, Linn.). 
Char. Similar to Phalaropus, but bill subulate, and the nostrils strictly basal. 
Tringa lobata, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 249 (based on Edw. pi. 308). 
Tringa hyperborea, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, 249 (based on Faun. Suec. 179 ; Edw. 143 ; Will. 270 ; 
Ray, 132. — Phalaropus cinereus, Briss. Orn. VI. 15). 
Phalaropus hypcrborcus (male), Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 775 (exel. syn. supposed female = P. 
fulicarius). — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 239. — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 118 ; V. 1839, 595, pi. 
215. — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 706. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 520. 
Lobipes hypcrborcus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. ed. 1829, 532. — Aud. Svnop. 1839, 240 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 
295, pi. 340. — Coues, Key, 1872, 248; Check List, 1873, no. 410; 2d ed. 1882, no. 603; 
B. N. W. 1874, 469. — Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1882, no. 564. 
Tringa fusca, Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 675. 
Phalaropus ruficollis, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1826, 203. 
Phalaropus cinerascens, Pall. t. c. 204. 
Phalaropus cinereus, Meyer & Wolf, Tasch. II. 1810, 417. 
Phalaropus angustirostris, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. VIII. 1836, 240, pi. 205. 
“ Phalaropus australis, Temm. &Bp.” (Schlegel). 
Phalaropus Williamsii, Simm. Linn. Trans. VIII. 264. 
Hab. Northern portions of the northern hemisphere ; breeding very far north, and not pene- 
trating far within the tropics in winter ; chiefly, but not strictly, maritime. In America, recorded 
from the following southern localities: Bermudas; Duehas, Guatemala; Isthmus of Tehuan- 
tepec. 
Sp. Char. Adult: Above, dark plumbeous, the back striped with ochraceous; wings dusky, 
the greater coverts widely tipped with white ; lower parts chiefly white, the neck with more or 
Genus LOBIPES, Cuvier. 
L. lobatus. 
Lobipes lobatus. 
THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 
