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Range (Northern portions)
"Northern portions of the northern hemisphere, breeding in arctic latitudes; south in winter to the tropics" (A. O. U.). Washington, casual, one record, Sept. Long Island, common T. V., Aug. to Nov.; May.
Nest, a slight hollow in the ground lined with grass and mosses. Eggs, three to four, pale olive-gray heavily blotched with deep chocolate, 1.18 x 83. During its presence off our coasts this species resembles the preceding in habits. It is, however, more common, and under proper conditions sometimes occurs in larger flights. I have seen it in great numbers about one hundred miles off Barnegat, New Jersey, in May. For several hours the steamer passed through flocks of these Sea Snipe, which were swimming on the ocean. They arose in a body at our approach, and in close rank whirled away to the right or left in search of new feeding grounds. 224. Phalaropus tricolor (Vieill.). WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Ad. 2 in summer.- Top of the head and middle of the back pearl-gray, nape AVOCETS AND STILTS. white; a black streak passes through the eye to the side of the neck and, changing to rufous-chestnut, continues down the sides of the back and on the scapulars; neck and upper breast washed with pale, brownish rufous; rest of the under parts and upper tail-coverts white. Ad. & in summer. - Upper parts fuscous-brown, bordered with grayish brown; upper tail-coverts, nape, and a line over the eye white or whitish; sides of the neck and breast washed with rufous; rest of the under parts white. Ads. in winter.- Upper parts gray, margined with white; upper tail-coverts white; wings fuscous, their coverts margined with buffy; under parts white. Im. - "Top of head, back, and scapulars dusky blackish, the feathers distinctly bordered with buff; wingcoverts also bordered with pale buff or whitish; upper tail-coverts, superciliary stripe, and lower parts white, the neck tinged with buff" (Ridgw.). & L., 8-75; W., 475; Tar., 1·20; B., 1.20. L., 9.50; W., 5.25; Tar., 1.30; B., 1.30.