WILSON PHALAROPE. 
224. Steganopus tricolor. 9 inches. 
Th is is the most handsome species of the family, being of a 
very graceful form, of a grayish and white color, with a broad 
black stripe through the eye and down the side of the neck, 
where it changes gradually into a rich chestnut color. Bill is 
long and slender. It is a bird of the interior, and is only rarely 
met with on the coasts. It does not congregate in large flocks, 
as the two preceding, and is not as often seen upon the water, 
although a good swimmer. 
Nest. —Made of grasses on the ground, usually concealed in a 
tuft of grass near the border of a marsh or pond. Three or 
four greenish-buff eggs with black markings (1.30 x.90). 
Range.—Interior of North America, breeding from Canada to 
southern California and inland to Colorado and Dakota. 
WILSON SNIPE. 
230. Gallinago delicaia. 11 inches. 
This species to a great extent frequents the open marshy 
meadows with its winding brooks. They procure their food by 
boring in the muddy banks of the meadows, the tip of the bill 
being flexible. 
Nest. —On grassy edge of ponds or marshes; 4 eggs (1.50x1.10). 
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