68 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE 



RECURVIROSTRIDAE. 



Open lowlands and marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Cape Elizabeth, Nov. 5, 1878. 



Vt. Accidental visitor: St. Albans, fall, 1875, and 1890; 

 (nee Rutland, 1882). 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Ipswich, three, Sept. 13, 1896; 

 Lynn; Natick, Oct. 19, 1880. 



Conn. Accidental visitor: between Saybrook and East Lyme, 

 1871. 



131. Himantopus mexicanus (Miiller) Ord. 

 Black-necked stilt. 



Charadrius mexicanus Miill., Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., 

 suppl., 1776, p. 117. "Mexico." 



Himantopus nigrieollis Vieill. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1843, vol. 6, p. 31, pi. 354. 



Salt marshes and lagoons; nests on the ground. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Rockland, May, 1889; {nee Board- 

 man, New Brunswick). 



N. H. Accidental visitor: Rye Beach. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Lynn; Mass. coast. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



132. Philohela minor (Gmelin) Gray. 

 American woodcock; Bog-sucker; Woodcock. 



Scolopax minor Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 661. 

 "in Americae, a Septembri inde in Carolinae, ab Aprilis 

 fine in noveboraci silvis humidis." 



Microptera americana Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, 

 p. 15, pi. 352. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 19, fig. 2. 



Freshwater swamps, damp woods and thickets; nests on the 

 ground. 



