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iug gives the species as "not common" ; Mr. Bryant does not mention find- 

 ing it at all ; Mr. Anthony says that it is " not uncommon at San Quintin, 

 Colnett and Ensenada" in the northern part of the Peninsula, where it occurs 

 in autumn, only " about the fresh water marshes." ^ 



In Los Angeles county, California, it is " found in marshy districts in vary- 

 ing numbers throughout the year," and it " breeds commonly in the vicinity of 

 the Alamitos swamps and Nigger Slough." ^ In winter it migrates as far 

 southward as Guatemala. 



Himantopus mexicanus (^ICll.). 



Black-necked Stilt. 



Himantopus mexicanus Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote 

 (Sierra de Santiago; Cape St. Lucas; San Jose' del Cabo). Beldixg, 

 Ibid., VL 1883, 352 (s. of lat. 24° 30'). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d 

 ser., II. 1889, 271 (La Paz). 



Between September 14 and October 19 Mr. Frazar took four specimens of 

 the Stilt at San Jose del Cabo. He notes it as " not at all common " there, and 

 did not meet with it elsewhere. Xantus found it at Sierra de Santiago in Jan- 

 uary, and at Cape St. Lucas and San Jose del Cabo in February. Belding 

 gives it as "not common" in his list of birds found south of latitude 24° 30'. 

 There is no evidence that it breeds in this region. 



In the northwestern part of the Peninsula Mr. Anthony has seen the Stilt 

 " during migrations about fresh water " (Bryant). According to Mr. Grinnell 

 it is " common in spring and fall on the margins of ponds and marshes " in 

 Los Angeles county, California, where it also " breeds locally in considerable 

 numbers. Evan Davis has taken eggs at Alkali Lakes near Santa Ana from 

 the first of May until August." ^ 



The Stilt apparently goes further southward in winter than the Avocet, in- 

 vading South America to Peru and Brazil. It breeds at least as far to the 

 southward as Matamoras, Mexico, and as far to the northward as Oregon. 



Gallinago delicata (Ord). 

 Wilson's Snipe. 



Gallinarjo wilsoni Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote (San 



Jose'). Belding, Ibid., VI. 1883, 351 (La Paz and s.). 

 Gallinago delicata Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 271, 272 (San 



Jose del Cabo; La Paz). 



Mr. Belding notes Wilson's Snipe as " rare," but Mr. Frazar found it in con- 

 siderable numbers at both San Jose del Cabo and Santiago. Near the former 



1 Zee, IV. 1893, 231. « Qrinnell, Pub. II. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 16. 



8 Ibid. 



