RED PHALAROPE. 
GRAY PHALAROPE. SEA GOOSE. WHALE BIRD. 
(Jrymophilus fulilakius. 
Char. Female in summer ; above, black, the feathers of the neck and 
back with a rufous or buff, margin ; wings gray, tipped with white; cheeks 
white ; bill orange ; under parts reddish chestnut ; legs and feet yellow ; toes 
lobed. Male : duller, white on cheek less defined, and head streaked 
with rufous or buff. In winter the rufous tints disappear and the plumage 
of the upper parts becomes gray and the under parts white, while the bill 
turns black. Length about inches. 
Nest. On a knoll in the spongy margin of a pond or saline pool, — a 
slight depression in the peat or moss, scantily lined wdth grass, moss, or 
leaves. 
^SS^- 3-4 ; olive buff or sea green, spotted with dark brown and pur- 
plish brown; 1.25 X 0.90. 
The Flat-Billed or Red Phalarope inhabits the whole Arctic 
Circle during summer, where, in the security of solitude, it 
passes the important period of reproduction. It is observed 
