Nest—Placed on the ground, in meadows or open grassy places, sheltered by a tuft of grass; the materials are grasses, plant stems, and a few chance leaves.

Eggs—Three to five, of varying form, color, and size.


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WILSON’S PHALAROPE.Phalaropus tricolor.

Range—Temperate North America, breeding from northern Illinois and Utah northward to the Saskatchewan region; south in winter to Brazil and Patagonia.

Nest—A shallow depression in soft earth, lined with a thin layer of fragments of grass.

Eggs—Three to four; cream buff or buffy white, heavily blotched with deep chocolate.


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