Bird Not»e from Long Island, N. Y. 
William Dutcher. 
~ 6 . Crymophilus fulicarius. Red Phalarope.— Capt. Scott, early in 
September, 1886, found on the beach at Montauk a specimen of this species, 
dead. The skin was sent to me for identification with the statement that, 
“The bird is rare here.” No other records were obtained until October 
22, 1888, when Mr. William L. Baker, one of the crew of the Ditch Plain 
Ifife Saving Station, near MontaukT^oint, sent to me, in the flesh, a male 
Northern Phalarope, and a female Red Phalarope, with the follow- 
ing very interesting letter : “October 22, Montauk, Long Island. You will 
find enclosed two birds which I killed while they were feeding in the surf 
abreast of this station. I wish to know what they are, as I have never 
seen any like them before. They came here about ten days ago. They 
are the most graceful little fellows on the water that I ever saw, and they 
seem to be experienced surfmen, for the surf seems to be their home 
altogether.” Subsequently he wrote : “There were four of them, two large 
and°two small ones. Both of the latter and one of the former were killed. 
The fourth one remained about an hour and then disappeared. There 
are men who have been at this station for the past twelve years ; I have 
been here nine years, and we do not remember seeing any such birds on 
Montauk before.” Mr. Giraud remarks of them : “This is another species 
with which our acquaintance is very limited. The specimen now before 
me was shot on the beach at ‘Quogue,’ and I have seen a few others that 
were procured in that vicinity, ’t 
Auk, VI. April, 1889. p. /JY • 
tBirds of Loner Island, p. 245. 
Notes concerning certain Birds 
of Long Island, N.Y. 
Crymophilus fulicarius. Three Red Phalaropes (females) which struck 
the Montauk Point Light were picked up at the foot of the tower, Nov. 
27, 1902, by Capt. James J. Scott, the Keeper of the Lighthouse, and 
kindly forwarded to me. 
William C.Braislin, M.D., Brooklyn, N.Y 
Auk, X" I, A jT. , 19< ) £ n 
