. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 391 Lobipes lobatus. Adult female in summer: Upper plumage, dark plumbeous; the back, streaked with buff; sides and front of the neck, rufous brown; greater wing coverts, tipped with white; belly, white. Adult male in summer: Similar to the female but paler; little, if any, rufous on the front of the neck. Winter plumage: Upper plumage, grayish; forehead, sides of the neck, cheeks, and under parts, white; top of the head, dull gray; the feathers edged with dull white; a dusky spot on side o
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 391 Lobipes lobatus. Adult female in summer: Upper plumage, dark plumbeous; the back, streaked with buff; sides and front of the neck, rufous brown; greater wing coverts, tipped with white; belly, white. Adult male in summer: Similar to the female but paler; little, if any, rufous on the front of the neck. Winter plumage: Upper plumage, grayish; forehead, sides of the neck, cheeks, and under parts, white; top of the head, dull gray; the feathers edged with dull white; a dusky spot on side of head and in front of the eye; breast, tinged with gray. Length, ; wing, ; tarsus, .80; tail, 2; bill, .80 to .90. The Northern Phalarope occurs in Illinois and Wisconsin during the migrations, and although there are numerous records of its capture in both states, it is by no means common. Kumlien and Hollister state that it is frequently taken on Lake Koshkonong in August. Mr. G. A. Abbott informs me that he killed a specimen on Lake Calu- met near Chicago, in September, 1903. Genus STEGANOPUS Vieill. 104. Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's Phalarope. Phalaropus tricolor (Vieill.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 83. Distr.: Chiefly interior of North America, breeding from northern Illinois northward; south in winter to South America. Common along Mississippi Valley during migrations, rare or casual on the Atlantic coast. Adult female in summ,er: Crown and middle of back, pearl gray; nape, white; superciliary stripe, white; a dusky or black streak from the eye to the sides of the neck; sides of upper back, chestnut, bordering the gray; middle throat and breast tinged with pale rufous brown; chin, white; belly, white. Adult male in summer: General resemblance to the female, but smaller and much paler in coloration; the crown and back, more brownish. Adult in winter: Upper plumage, the feathers more or less edged with white; wings, fuscous, or gray brown; coverts, edg
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