# Obs. = 2 
7 
Red-billed Tropicbird 
Phaethon aethereus 
# Obs. = 2 
An adult was seen in "R" on the l8th. I believe this is the first 
record in a western section. A nonadult was seen in n W" the more usual 
area for this species to turn up. 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Phaethon rubricauda 
# Obs. = 1 
An adult, the first bird since mid-April, was flushed from the water 
in ”R". 
Mallard 
Anas platyrhynchos 
# Obs. = 15 
A single flock, all in brown plumage, were heading east in section 
"T”. 
Red Phalarope 
Phalaropus fulicarius 
# Obs. = 10 
Northern Phalarope 
Lobipes lobatus 
# Obs. = 37 
Phalarope sp. 
# Obs. = 2 
2 44 1 
2 0 0 
0 0 0 
# observed in each section 
Both species were seen on slicks in the same area where they have 
been found since July. Of several possible reasons, I can offer only one 
reasonable explanation for the very low numbers (compared to the spring 
peak) of Red Phalaropes recorded this fall: They pass to the south far to 
the west of the Grid area. The presence of Northern Phalaropes on the 
Grid this survey is as unusual as their only other occurrence in late July. 
Black-bellied Plover 
Squatarola squatarola 
# Obs. = 1 
A winter-plumaged bird silently circled the ship on 18 October in TT R ,r . 
Golden Plover 
Pluvialis dominica 
# Obs. =1 
A winter-plumaged bird circled the ship, calling frequently, in 
section "U". 
