HIMANTOPUS. 361 
The genus Himantopus is represented in every tropical and temperate region 
throughout the globe. Six species are known, of which one, H. melas of New Zealand, 
following the peculiar characteristics of the southern Oyster-catchers, is entirely black. 
Two inhabit the New World, viz., 1. melanurus, restricted to the southern continent, 
and H. mexicanus, of North, Central, and South America. 
“1. Himantopus mexicanus. 
L’ Echasse de Mexique, Briss. Orn. v. p. 86 (1760) *. 
Charadrius mexicanus, P. L. 8. Miill. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 117 (1776) °. 
Himantopus mexicanus, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 520°; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. Water-Birds 
N. Amer. i. p. 345‘; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 178 °; Zeledon, An. Mus. 
Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 130°; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 1867, 828°; Richm. Pr. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 526°; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33 ; Jouy, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xvi. p. 791"; A.O.U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 84°; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore- 
Birds, p. 35"; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 820; Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. 
li. p. 34”. 
Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. x. p. 42"°; Scl. P. Z.S. 1857, p. 206 "7; 1864, 
p- 178%; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 228 *. Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 12; Mem. 
Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 308"; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 46°; Salv. Ibis, 1865, 
p- 192”; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 605 *. This, 1889, p. 379”; Dugés, La Nat.i. p. 142”; 
~ Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233”. 
Himantopus rufipes (nec Bechst.), Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 3%; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, 
p. 58%. 
Ptil. hiem. Supra brunneus, alis viridi-nigris, ad apicem cinereo vix fimbriatis ; dorso postico et uropygio pure 
albis ; supracaudalibus et rectricibus pallide cineraceis ; fronte, loris et facie laterali, cum plumis post- 
ocularibus, albis; pileo reliquo, regione suboculari et parotica nigris ; collo postico et interscapulio summo 
cinerascenti-fuscis; corpore subtus toto albo: rostro nigro; pedibus pallide coccineis; iride roseo- 
coccinea. Long. tota circa 13:0, ale 8:5, caude 3:1, culm. 2°95, tarsi 4:45. (Descr. avis adult ex 
San José, Guatemala, Mus. nostr.) 
Puil. estiv. Supra viridi-niger, alis dorso concoloribus; dorso postico et uropygio pure albis; supracaudalibus 
rectricibusque pallide cineraccis ; fronte lata, loris, plumis postocularibus, genis et corpore subtus toto 
pure albis. Long. tota circa 12:0, ale 8°6, caude 2:6, culm. 2°5, tarsi 4°2. (Descr. maris adulti ex 
Momotombo, Nicaragua. Mus. nostr.) 
9 mari similis, sed dorso et scapularibus brunneis distinguendus. Long. tota circa 12°5, ale 8-4. (Descr. ? 
ad. sestiv. ex Brownsville, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norra America, from the Northern United States southward; rare in the 
Eastern States, except in Florida 12.—Mexico (Deppe & Schiede °°, Wagler®), 
Chachuta, Sonora (Robinette !°), Mazatlan (Grayson **), ‘Tres Marias Is., Presidio 
(Forrer 4), Rio de Coahuayana (Xantus *!), Guanajuato and Guadalajara (Dugés”*), 
Santana, Jalisco (Lloyd 1+), Tamesi, Zapotlan (Richardson +), Valley of Mexico 
(Herrera 78), city of Mexico (White **), Lake Patzcuaro (Jouy 1"), Tampico, 
Tamaulipas, Lake Tamaqua and Tuxpan in Vera Cruz (Berlandier 4), Jalapa 
(Sallé *), Laguna de Chapulco, Puebla 5, Santa Ana! (Ferrari-Perez), San Mateo, 
Tehuantepec (Sumichrast 22), Progreso, N. Yucatan (Devis 4, Gaumer '*), 
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