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^:CONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
Family H.J]MATOPODID.i]l ; Oystee-catcheks ; Turnstones. 
194. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.), III. TURNSTONE. Group I. Class c. 
Dr. Hoy and Mr. Nelson speak of this species as a common migrant along the 
shore of Lake Michigan, but I have met no living specimens. 
Family RECURYIROSTRIDAl: Avocets. 
195. Recurvirostra Americana (Gm.), Avocet. Group I. Class c. 
A rare migrant. 
196. Himantopuc Mexicanus (Mull.), Ord. BLACK-NECKED STILT. 
Group I. Class c. 
A very rare visitant. Dr. Hoy reports having seen a small flock in 1847. 
Family PHALAROPODIDiE: Phalaropes. 
197. Steganopus Wilsoni (Sab.), Coues. WILSON’S PHALAROPE. 
Group I. Class c. 
Wilson’s Phalarope, though not abundant in the state, breeds in some numbers 
in various localities. They were abundant in July, 1876, on the marshes border¬ 
ing Fox river below Princeton, where five young birds fully fledged were obtained. 
Of the five specimens examined, three had eaten ten larvae; three, six beetles; 
and two, four other insects. 
Seeds and insects (Wilson). Small worms and fragments of very delicate 
shells (Audubon). 
198. Lobipes hyperboreus (Linn.), Cuv. NORTHERN PHALAROPE; 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Group I. Class c. 
This species must be a rare migrant or of irregular occurrence in the portions 
of the state where I have collected. I have never met it alive. 
199. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.), Bp. RED PHALAROPE. Group I. 
Class c. 
The Red Phalarope appears to be an exceedingly rare migrant throughout the 
Mississippi Valley, but Mr. Nelson and Mr. Ridgway each mention it as occur¬ 
ring in Illinois, from which it may be supposed to pass through this state in its 
journeys. 
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