Crvraophilus ful Icarius. 
Poplar Tavern, between Bethel and Lane Umbagog, Ivlaine. 
18S6. We stopped here for dinner and Mr.G1idden and I crossed 
Oct.5. the river to looh at the trout pond. On our way bach and just 
as we were at about the middle of the suspension foot bridge 
a light-colored bird started directly beneath us and shimming 
close over the water flew down stream for a few rods uttering 
a sharp whit , whit very lihe the call of a Spotted Sandpiper 
anxious about its young. Almost at the first glance I recog¬ 
nized this bird as a Red Phalarope which, of course, I was 
greatly surprised to meet in such a place. It alighted again 
in the middle of the river where it floated lightly and 
stemmed the swift current with apparent ease, but it tooh ad¬ 
vantage of the eddies as much as possible and presently began 
v/orhing about the lower sides of some large boulders where it 
seemed to find food in abundance for it peched rapidly and in¬ 
cessantly at their rough surfaces wet with the lapping of the 
waves. It also fed on the surface of the swirling eddies, 
moving about very rapidly and in devious courses. It was very 
tame but whenever I got within about 20 ft. it would rise and 
fly a few yards uttering its whit . Finally I went to the 
house, got ray 52 cal. collecting pistol and returning shot the 
bird. It drifted down stream an eighth of a mile or more be¬ 
fore I found a chance to reach and draw it in with a long pole. 
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