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*37. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



One of a pair found on dry pasture land at Gatun, October 18, 1911. 

 Iris brown, bill dusky-greenish, feet greenish. 



*38. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. 



Two males, Toro Point, September 4, 1911. Iris brown, bill black, 

 feet dusky-greenish. 



Obtained from a flock of a dozen or more on the beach. 

 Another was obtained at Mt. Hope, August 31, 1913. 



*39. Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Two females obtained at Mindi, in a grassy marsh, October 7 and 

 22, 1911. Iris black, bill blackish-green, feet greenish. 



*[40.] Pisobia fuscicollis (Vieillot). White-rumped Sandpiper. 

 *41. Gallinago delicata (Ord.). Wilson's Snipe. 



Male, Mindi, October 22, 1911, one of a bag of twelve killed in a 



grassy marsh. Iris brown, bill dusky-green tipped with black, feet 



yellowish-green. 



JACANID^. 



42. Jacana nigra (Gmelin). Black Jacana. 



Three specimens, male and female, Gatun Lake, July 9, 1911, where 

 it was ver}^ common, and a female from Agua Clara, Trinidad Eiver, 

 March 12, 1911. A specimen in the American Museum of Natural 

 History was obtained at Mindi, November 3, 1911. Iris greenish- 

 yellow, bill greenish fading to pink at the base and yellow below at 

 the base, frontal shield lavender, feet green washed with blue, wing 

 spur bright yellow. 



A common species on grassy knolls in the lake. 



[43.] Jacana melanopygia (Sclater). Black-rumped Jacana. 



EURYPYGID^. 



[44.] Eurypyga major Hartlaub. Greater Sun Bittern. 



IBIDID^. 

 [45.] Harpiprion cayennensis (Gmelin). Cayenne Ibis. 



CICONIIDuS. 

 [46.] Mycteria americana Linnseus. Wood Ibis. 



ARDEID^. 



[47.] Ardea herodias lessonii Wagler. Great Blue Heron. 



[48.] Egretta candidissima (Gmelin). Snowy Egret. 



[49.] Herodias egretta (Gmelin). American Egret. 



50. Florida caerulea (Linnseus). Little Blue Heron. 



Two males, Chagres River, below Gatun, February 19, 1911, one in 



