. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . m. v. pi. —Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. , described by Brewer on page 339 of the above-mentioned volume. Literature. Wilsons Phalarope may always be recognized by its long slender bill, more than aninch long; the long tarsus, about the same length as the bill, is also diagnostic. Inbreeding-plumage it resembles most the Red-necked Phalarope, but is easily distinguishedby the white stripe down the back of the neck and the black stripes dow
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . m. v. pi. —Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. , described by Brewer on page 339 of the above-mentioned volume. Literature. Wilsons Phalarope may always be recognized by its long slender bill, more than aninch long; the long tarsus, about the same length as the bill, is also diagnostic. Inbreeding-plumage it resembles most the Red-necked Phalarope, but is easily distinguishedby the white stripe down the back of the neck and the black stripes down the sides ofthe neck. It is entirely confined to the American continent, breeding near the lakes of theinterior as far north as Lake Winnipeg, and as far south as the Great Salt Lake in thewest, and Lake Michigan in the east. It is occasionally seen on the Atlantic coast onmigration, and it winters in various parts of the Neotropical Region, Mexico, Guatemala,Chili (Bridges, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 118), Patagonia (Durnford, Ibis, 1877,p. 42), &c. Specificcharacters. Geographi-cal Sternum of Phalaropus fulicarius. CHAPTER XXII.
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