. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 390 Field Museum of Natural History â Zoology, Vol. IX. Genus PHALAROPUS Brisson. 102. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.), A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. 82. Arctic regions, south in winter, chiefly along the coast, to the Middle states in eastern North America and Lower California in the West. Adult male in summer: General under parts and sides of the neck, purplish brown; upper tail coverts, purplish brown, slightly darker than the under parts; crown of the head and base of the bill, smoky b
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 390 Field Museum of Natural History â Zoology, Vol. IX. Genus PHALAROPUS Brisson. 102. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.), A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. 82. Arctic regions, south in winter, chiefly along the coast, to the Middle states in eastern North America and Lower California in the West. Adult male in summer: General under parts and sides of the neck, purplish brown; upper tail coverts, purplish brown, slightly darker than the under parts; crown of the head and base of the bill, smoky black; sides of the head, white, extending to the nape; rump, white; back, black; feathers, edged with tawny brown; primaries, dusky, the shafts being white, and the base of the feathers, white; some of the n, , , â â â secondaries, white; bill, yellowish brown, dark Phalaropus fulicarius. » » ' .7 ' on the tip; feet, dull yellow. Adult in winter: Head and under parts, white; a small patch around the eye and a nuchal crest, dusky; the under parts of the body are tinged with ashy gray on the sides; upper parts, grayish ash color; wings, showing a distinct white bar; bill, dusky; feet, brownish. Length, ; wing, ; tail, bill, .94; tarsus, .80. The Red Phalarope is a comparatively rare bird in Illinois and Wisconsin. Small flocks occasionally occur on Lake Michigan and some of the inland waters during the migrations. Ridgway includes it as a rare migrant. Nelson in his Birds of Northeastern Illinois (1876, p. 125) says: "Exceedingly rare, occurs only during the ; Kumlien and Hollister (Birds of Wis- consin, 1903, p. 41) state that small flocks may be met on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior in autumn and occasionally straggling individuals wander to the inland lakes. They also give several re- cords of specimens killed in the state. Genus LOBIPES Cuvier. 103. Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). Northern Phalarope. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.), A. O. U. C
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