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British Birds. 
Islands, as well as on the Outer Hebrides, but is diminishing in numbers. It 
also breeds in the north of Europe and Siberia as well as in North America, 
but does not extend quite so far north as the Grey Phalarope. In winter 
it is found along the Atlantic coast of America, and also occurs in the Indian 
Ocean and the Australian Seas. As in the latter species, the male is smaller 
than the female, and is not so brightly coloured as his mate, and takes her 
place in the incubation of the eggs and the rearing of the young. The nest 
is a depression in the ground, lined with fine grass, and is generally placed 
in the middle of a tuft of grass, close to water. The eggs are smaller than 
those of the Grey Phalarope and are darker, with blackish blotches all over the 
surface ; the length is a little over an inch-and-a-quarter. 
Wilson’s Phalarope. 
In this Phalarope the bill is very long and slender, and the 
tarsus is also long and equals the bill in length. The plumage 
is more variegated with grey and rufous than in the preceding 
species. It is an inhabitant of North America, migrating to 
South America in winter. A specimen is said to have been obtained in Leicestershire. 
WILSON’S 
PHALAROPE. 
(Steganopus tricolor.) 
