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PHALAROPES 
tips of greater coverts white; upper tail-coverts rufous; underparts dull, 
reddish brown, often with scattered white feathers. Ad. c? in summer . — 
Similar, but smaller, crown striped like back, little or no white in cheeks. 
Juv. — Similar to ads. in winter but upperparts margined with buff, chest 
washed with buff. Ads. and juv. in winter. — Top of head and underparts 
white; region about eye and back of neck fuscous; back and scapulars dark 
pearl-gray; wings grayish fuscous, the coverts and secondaries tipped with 
white; rump and tail fuscous. L., 8’12; W., 5*37; B., *87; Tar., *82. 
Remarks. — The juvenal plumage is worn until October or November. 
Molting spring birds are strikingly pied below. 
Range. — N. and S. Hemispheres. In N. A. breeds from n. Alaska, 
Melville Island, and n. Ellesmere Land s. to mouth of the Yukon, n. Macken- 
zie, cen. Keewatin, Hudson Strait, and s. Greenland ; winter home unknown 
but probably on the oceans, at least as far s. as Falkland and Juan Fernandez 
Islands; migrates along both coasts of U. S.; casual in migration in interior 
s. to Colo., Kans. Ills., and Md. 
Washington, casual, one record, Oct. Long Island, rare T. V., Apl. 30- 
June 5; Sept. 24-Nov. 27. Cambridge, one record, Aug. 
Nest , a slight hollow in the ground lined with a few bits of moss and 
grasses. Eggs , 3-4, similar to those of the following species, 1*25 x *90. 
Date , Pt. Barrow, Alaska, June 14. 
This pelagic species is found in numbers some distance off the 
coast; it occurs on our shores rarely, and generally only after storms. 
223 o Lofoipes lobatus {Linn.). Northern Phalarope. Toes webbed 
at base and with scalloped lobes terminally; bill very slender and sharply 
pointed. Ad. 9 in summer. — Upperparts slaty gray; back and scapulars 
edged with ochraceous-buff ; sides and front of the neck rufous, more or less 
mixed with slaty gray; rest of underparts white. Ad. & in summer. — Similar, 
but upperparts black, and with more ochraceous; sides and front of the neck 
mixed with fuscous. Ads. in winter and juv. — Upperparts grayish, more or 
less mixed with white; tips of greater wing-coverts and sometimes part of 
the secondaries white, occasionally (in ads.) with traces of rufous on the 
sides of the neck ; underparts white, more or less mottled with grayish on the 
breast. Juv. — Upperparts black, edged with straw-color; forehead white; 
underparts white, chest sometimes lightly washed with buffy. L., 7*75; W., 
4*50; Tar., *80; B., *85. 
Range. — N. and S. Hemispheres. In N. A. breeds from n. Alaska, 
Melville Island, and cen. Greenland s. to Aleutian Islands (including Near 
Islands), valley of the Upper Yukon, n. Mackenzie, cen. Keewatin, s. James 
Bay, and n. Ungava; winter home unknown, but probably the oceans s. of 
the equator; in migration occurs nearly throughout the U. S. and in Mex., 
Cen. Am., Bermuda, and Hawaii. 
Washington, casual, one record, Sept. Long Island, uncommon, T. V., 
Apl. 27-May 29; Aug. 5-Oct. 22. Cambridge, of rare occurrence in spring. 
SE. Minn., T. V. 
Nest, a slight hollow in the ground lined with grass and mosses. Eggs , 
3-4, pale olive-gray heavily blotched with deep chocolate, 1*18 x *83. Date , 
Ft. Yukon, Alaska, June 7. 
During its presence off our coasts this species resembles the preceding 
in habits. It is, however, more common, and under proper conditions 
sometimes occurs in larger flights. I have seen it in great numbers 
about one hundred miles off Barnegat, New Jersey, in May. For 
several hours the steamer passed through flocks of these ‘Sea Snipe/ 
which were swimming on the ocean. They arose in a body at our 
approach, and in close rank whirled away to the right or left in search 
