WILSON’S PHALAROPE. 
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numerous longitudinal rugae. Contents of 
stomach small Crustacea. Intestine, e fgh 
ij, of moderate length and width, the former 
Hi inches, the latter 3 twelfths, diminishing 
to I 2 twelfths ; coeca, i i, 10 twelfths, i 
twelfth in width for li inches, afterwards 1 
twelfth, their distance from fbe extremity li 
inches ; cloaca, j, ovate, 5 twelfths in width. 
Trachea 2 inches 7 twelfths long, much flat- 
tened, li twelfths in width ; the rings 90, 
cartilaginous. Bronchi wide, of about 15 
half rings. Lateral muscles rather strong ; a 
single pair of inferior laryngeal. Female. 
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WILSON’ S.P II ALAKOPE. 
Lobipes Wilsonii, Sabine. 
PLATE CCCLXI. — Wale and Female. 
The habits of this beautiful species are little known, for so irregularly 
does it perform its migrations, and so rarely does it settle for any length of 
time in any part of the United States, that at present few opportunities of 
studying them occur. Although I have found individuals in various places 
