The Red Phalarope in Texas
The Red Phalarope in Texas
There is a mounted specimen of the Red Phalarope (Phalaropts fulicarius) in the museum of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society at Canyon, Texas. The bird, a female in winter plumage, was collected by L. E. Simms at a wet-weather lake six miles south of Canyon, Randall County, Texas, on October 12, 1933. The specimen is labelled “Wilson Phalarope,” an obvious error in identification. Apparently this is the first occurrence of the species in Texas and the record is remarkable in that this bird was obtained on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle. There are few records of this species from the interior of the United States.
Mr. L. E. Simms of Canyon, Texas, has kindly granted me permission to publish this note.
James O. Stevenson
Wildlife Division, National Park Service, Washington, D. C., October 24, 1936
