KED-NECKED PHALAEOPE.
PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUS {Linn.).
Tringa hyperborea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 249.
Phalaropus hyperboreus, Hewitson, ii. p. 370; Yarr. ed. 4,
iii. p. 315; Dresser, vii. p. 597.
Lobipes hyperboreus, Macg. iv. p. 291.
Phalaropus angustirostris, Naum. viii. p. 240.
Phalarope cendre, French; Der schmalschnäbige Wassertreter,
German.
The Red-necked Phalarope is of very uncertain occurrence
in England, and then only at the seasons of
migration in spring and autumn. On some of the Outer
Hebrides and of the Orkney and Shetland Islands a few
pairs still remain to breed, but in sadly decreasing
numbers. This bird has a very wide range over the
northern hemisphere and is said to be especially abundant
in the Arctic Regions of America; thence it
migrates southwards in autumn and has been recorded
even from Chili.
A bird, supposed to have been obtained from Whittle-
sea Mere, was reported to Lord Lilford and furnished
the text of a short note by him on this species in his
‘ Birds of Northamptonshire ’ (vol. ii. p. 35).
[O. S.]
Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.