Cryraophilus ful i car ins . 
Maine, 
L. Umbagog. ■ 
I shot two of t. Red Phalaropes, both males-, in Sweat 
Meadow o n September 22nd. T e day was cold,*- ewe!* with a high 
north-west wind. They were swimming in the nd near the edge of 
^ the marsh, but although I watched them for some time, they die nit 
actually enter the grass. The kept close together and swam about 
in zig-zag lines, occasionally turning over on t. eir sices and 
dressing their plumage. They were very tame, in fact, ap ! arent- 
ly wholly indifferent to our presence, for our boat passed them 
once v/ith in fifteen or twenty feot without disturbing them. The 
stomachs of both of these specimens contai ned only fragmentary 
remains of small beetles and sand. They took wing once and flew 
over the pond in erratic lines, very much like small Sand-pipers. 
One of t em uttered a single "Tweet." as it rose from the water, 
very much like the of the Least Sand-piper. 
On the 24th. of September, I found a; specimen floating dead 
onn the water, in an lopening among the grass near the outlet of 
\/ the T,ake. It had been shot in the side and evidently had been 
dead only a few hours, as the muscles had not relaxed. Its stom¬ 
ach, like those of the other two, was filled with the remains of 
beetles. 
On October 3rd. I saw a Phalarope fly</»«> ^fl^the middle of 
the j,ake and believed it to be of this species, although I did 
not succeed in shooting it. After wandering about ih an aimless 
way <gr some time Mr<4 the water it rose in the air, and, as far as 
I could make out, && left* the Lake entirely, going over one of 
the mountain-tops. 
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On the next day a Phalarope was seen by Mr. 
Meadow. He did not shoot the bird, but from 
think it must have been of this species. It was 
some rather thick grass on the edge of the meadow 
to pass within a few feot-of it, merely drawing 
grass and peeping out again. 
Stone in Sweat 
description, I 
swimming among 
, and allowed 
back amo n g the 
him 
On October 5th. my guide saw a phalarope in 'ottle Brook 
and watched it for seme time fith the glass. It was swimming 
about in the Pond, ne r the middle. Half an hour afterward, when 
I returned and he told me about it, it had gone, although I 
made the circuit of the pond, I could not find it anywhere. This 
covers all the observations made on this species during the pres¬ 
ent season. 
