. Feathered game of the Northeast . nin a wild bird. In the breeding dress this bird is dark slateygray above, darkest on the head; on the backhaving numerous mottlings of brownish yellow,many of the feathers finely edged with dark color on the head runs back from thebill below the eye, leaving a white area belowmargined about by this color and the red-brownpatch on the neck, which extends from the napein a narrow belt across the upper breast,nearly encircling the throat. All other underparts white. The upper tail coverts like theback though with broader white margins to thefeathers.
. Feathered game of the Northeast . nin a wild bird. In the breeding dress this bird is dark slateygray above, darkest on the head; on the backhaving numerous mottlings of brownish yellow,many of the feathers finely edged with dark color on the head runs back from thebill below the eye, leaving a white area belowmargined about by this color and the red-brownpatch on the neck, which extends from the napein a narrow belt across the upper breast,nearly encircling the throat. All other underparts white. The upper tail coverts like theback though with broader white margins to thefeathers. The wings, when closed extendingbeyond the tail, are dusky, the tips of thegreater coverts making a broad white bar acrossthem. Quills with shafts whitish, darkeningtoward the tips. Bill small and slender, pro-portionately shorter than in Wilsons andblack in color, as are likewise the feet and toes have a marginal membrane, scallopedon the edges, making lobes on each joint. Themembrane also extends between the toes out to. m Q. o << Q- Qm Oi O <-J< Ou Z O CO -J CL o <-J< CL z DiUU XH a:Oz WILSONS PHALAROPE 105 the second joint, thus making a very good pro-pelling agent of the foot. The bird in the fall is often a plain gray andwhite little fellow which at first glance will passfor a sandpeep, but its slender bill and pe-culiarly formed feet will mark it at once. Likethe others this species is heavily feathered be-low to resist the water. The Northern Phalarope is about seveninches long, with a sail-spread of about thirteeninches. WILSONS PHALAROPE. (Steganopus tricolor.) This is the largest and perhaps the handsom-est of the family. A striking bird which rankshigh in point of beauty of plumage among thewaders. Wilsons Phalarope is by no means commonin New England, nor for that matter anywhereeast of the Mississippi valley, though abund-ant from that region westward. Its summerrange takes it north to the region of the Sas-katchewan, and in the winter
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