ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
The Northern Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) is found throughout the northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding only in the far north, but migrating in winter to the southern oceans.
It attains a length of seven or eight inches, the female in summer being slaty gray above and white below, the back being striped with buff, the wing-coverts white-tipped, and the chest and sides of the neck rufous; the male is duller. In winter the plumage is largely white or grayish throughout.
Mr. Joseph Grinnell found them nesting abundantly in the Kotzebue Sound region of Alaska, the nest being a neatly molded depression in the sod near pools.
The Red or Gray Phalarope (Crymo-philus fulicarius) is distinguished by its broad, flattened bill, which is somewhat enlarged toward the tip, and by the rich purplish cinnamon-color of the entire lower parts, the winter plumage being largely pearl-gray above and white below. Its distribution is practically the same as that of the last species.
During the winter the two last-mentioned forms are found off the coast, never visiting the land unless driven there by storms.
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