Occurrence of Phalaropus lobatus at Syracuse, N. Y. — September 3, 
1886, an adult male Northern Phalarope was shown to me by Mr. Charles 
Noxon of this city, who procured it September 2 on Onondaga Lake, on 
the outskirts of Syracuse. 
The bird, in company with another (female), which was also secured, 
was discovered swimming gracefully about in the middle of the lake, and 
both were so tame as to be shot without trouble. Two days after (Septem- 
ber 4) another specimen, a male, was shot in the same locality by Mr. 
E. M. Hasbrouk; on September 25, following, another was seen, but not 
procured. Previous to this the Northern Phalarope has been recorded 
but once in this County. — Morris M. Green, Syracuse , N. T. 
Auk, 4, Jan., 1887, p. 7l . 
William Dutoher *. 1 
. 4*. X. 
7. Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope— S ince my last record 
of this species in May, 1884, J I have obtained a number of records and 
also specimens, both in spring and fall, all from Montauk Point, the ex- 
treme southeastern end of Long Island. It would seem from this fact 
that these Phalaropes do not, in migrating, follow the outline of the coast, 
as most of the Limicolae of Long Island do, but in coming northward in 
the spring leave the coast in the neighborhood of Delaware or lower New 
Jersey and by taking a northeasterly route reach Cape Cod. During the 
southward migration the reverse obtains. A few only of the great body 
of these migrants approach the land, even at Montauk, except in case of 
heavy and adverse winds. September 3, 1886, three individuals struck 
Montauk Point Light, one of which was sent to me by the keeper, Captain 
J. G. Scott. He informed me that there were about twenty of the same 
kind of birds about the light and that some of the same species were seen 
on the beach the next day. He stated they are not uncommon in 
August and September. May 5, 1888. two specimens were sent to me 
by Captain Scott. He reported about fifty around the light when these 
struck, and that there were “Lots of them hovering about the light from 
midnight to four A. M.” Captain Scott thought these a new species, as he 
had not before seen them in their spring plumage, and consequently did 
not recognize them as the same species of ‘weh-fV^fon 
*4 SB -sypyas ay 9 u i? 3 S 91 H ;qSnoip :poog uitqdi ?3 t( 'W * v Jnoj oj ;qSiupiui 
uio„Tj jqSij jnoqi? Suu9Aoq inoq} jo sjo^,, 3.i9A\ 9.i9q} }t?qi pm? ‘qon.ps 
9S9tp u9qAv iq.oq 9qj puno.n? Xjjy jnoqi? p9}.iod9.i qiooc; uit?;di?3 Xq 
9in oj }U9S 3.I3AV su9tui99ds oavj ‘gggi *J3qiu9}d9Cj pm? ^snSny 
ui uomuiooun jou 3.n? X9q; p9}i?Js 9q -Xi?p }X9u 9qj qm?9q 9qj no 
U99S 9 . 1 3 av S9i93ds 9UIB8 9qi jo 9 luos quip pm? qq£q 9qj qnoqu sp.uq jo puiq 
9LUUS 9q^ JO hU9Ml qilOqi? 9.19M. 9J9Lp qi?qj 9UI p9UUOJUl 9JJ *MO0g '0 'f 
un?jdi ?3 ‘J 3 d 39 q 9 qq Xq 3ui oq qu9s s\?a\ qoiqM jo 3uo ‘qq.oiq; quioj qm?quoj\[ 
qonjqs sjunpiAipui 99.up ‘9ggi ‘£ .I9qui3jd9§ ‘spuiAV. 9S.i9Api? pm? Xat?91[ 
jo 9si?9 ui qd99X9 ‘qm?quoj\r qu U9A9 ‘puu[ 9ip ipuo.iddi? sjulmSiiu 3S3ip jo 
Xpoq qi?9.i§ 9qq jo Xjuo ay.9J y 'suiuqqo 9S.19A9.1 9qq uopujSiui p.n?Avqqnos 
3 q; SuunQ *P°0 sdup H 91 * 9 - 1 9 '4 n °- T X[.i9qsi?9qq.iou i? ®uiquq vCq pm? X9S.i9f 
AV9^q .19AVOJ .TO 9.1UAVUJ9Q JO pOOq.lOqq.8l9U 3 Ip in qSUOO 3qj 3Al?9] Suuds 9qj 
ui p.iUAvqq.iou Suiaioo in qnq ‘op pm?isj Suoq jo os\oo\\ui-j 9q)jo qsoru si? 
hoiiA's.wa in 'MTiiinnam m mini ‘ SimiuSlUI III ‘3011 O.D S3do.n?n?U^T 9S9U4 qi?m 
Oneida County, New York, 
William .u.-ftalpia Ss Egbert 
Phalaropus lobatus.— A specimen killed at Sylvan Beach, east end of 
Oneida Lake, Sept. 21, 1889, is our second record. 
Auk, VII. July, 1800, p. rlSO 
