. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 186 phalaropodidjE : phalaropes. fair sex conducts the courtship, and several of them may be seen in spring pursuing some modest male, who un- dertakes the r81e of St. Anthony without success, and when captured, submits with what grace he may to in- cubating such eggs as his flourishing partner assures him are his own. The chorus of New England writers swells into one grand symphony in treating of this bird's presence in. Fig. 43. — Head of Wilson's Phalarope. Fig.
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 186 phalaropodidjE : phalaropes. fair sex conducts the courtship, and several of them may be seen in spring pursuing some modest male, who un- dertakes the r81e of St. Anthony without success, and when captured, submits with what grace he may to in- cubating such eggs as his flourishing partner assures him are his own. The chorus of New England writers swells into one grand symphony in treating of this bird's presence in. Fig. 43. — Head of Wilson's Phalarope. Fig. 44.—Foot of Northern Phalarope. Natural size. their country, the theme being that Wilson's Phalarope is a rare straggler. So true is this statement that I have been unable to find more than a single authentic case recorded of late years. Much that has been inti- mated on the subject seems to flow from some statement made by Audubon. I have not had time to look up what he says ; but the reader who can tear himself away from these fascinating pages long enough to do so, will be able to inform himself on the subject (see Orn. Biog., iii, 1835, p. 400; 8vo. ed., v, 1842, p. 299). As so fre- quently proves to be the case, the Rev. J. H. Linsley is good authority, and the only one we have so far, for the recurrence of this Phalarope in Connecticut. He speaks of a specimen killed in Bridgeport, and sent to him by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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