Some Birds of Lewis Co, N.Y, 
0. Hart Merriam 
“ Lobipes hyperboreus. Northern Phalarope. — I shota young 
male on Black River, September 6, 1877. One other was taken about the 
same date, near Boonville. 
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Bull. N.O.C, 3, April, 1878. p. ***4 
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7. Lobipes hyperboreus, Cuv. Northern Phalarope. — Shot 
two males of this species on August 20, 1879, while decoying Bay Snipe 
at Center Moriches, L. I, and a third specimen was taken by C. A. Wil- 
lets, at Flushing, L. I., on September 29, 1879. 
Bull. N. O.O. 5, April, 1880, p, //7- 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
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I 49 . Lobipes hyperboreus (Linn.) Cuvier. Northern Phalar- 
ope. — A rare migrant. 
Bull. N.O.C. ©.Oct, 1881, P. 234 
Bird Notes from Long Id. W^m.Dutcher 
9. Lobipes hyperboreus {Linn.') Cuv. Northern Phala- 
rope. — May 24, 1883, Geo. A. Lane, sent me some specimens 
of this Phalarope. Pie wrote, “There have been more Phalaropes 
this spring than I ever saw before. My brothers killed nearly 50 
and sent them to market with other Snipe.” Subsequently, while 
at South Oyster Bay, I questioned some of the gunners regarding 
the flight of Northern Phalaropes this spring, and ascertained 
that on the 23d and 24th of May there was a large flight of them. 
Three gunners said they shot about 20, and then desisted because 
they did not want any more. They remarked “that they were 
very gentle, almost always alighting among the decoys, swimming 
lightly and gracefully about.” The very unusual number of these 
birds found on Long Island this spring may possibly be accounted 
for as follows : During the northward migration they were 
driven out of their usual course by head winds. The facts are 
these : On the 18th of May it commenced to blow from the north- 
east and continued blowing from that quarter to south-east steadily 
until the 21st, when it culminated in an easterly storm which 
lasted about twenty-four hours. On the 23d and 24th, the Phala- 
ropes were seen, but disappeared as suddenly as they came. 
They are more commonly seen in the fall, but then only occa- 
sionally. 
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unusual flight which took place in May, 1883, is of one which 
struck Fire Island Light during the night of May 19, 1884. 
Wind south south-west, fresh. Weather cloudy. 
*Auk, Yoi, 1, 18 84, p. 33 - Auk, 3, Oct., 1886. p. /-/3b . 
