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2. H. brasiliensis.i White of the forehead extending back to and inchiding the occiput. 

 Black of the nape separated from that of the back by a wide white bar across lower part 

 of the nape. 



//. mexicanus. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 



AMERICAN BLACK-NECKED STILT. 



Charadrius mexicanus, Mullkk, S. N. Sujipl. 1776, 117. 



Himantopus mexicanus, Ord, ed. Wilsox, VII. 1824, 52. — Boxap. C'omp. List, 18-38, 54. — Ridgw. 



Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 567. — Coues, 2d Check List, 1882, no. 601. 

 Cliaradrius Mmantoims, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 741 (part). 

 Rccurvirostra himantoims, Wils. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 48, pi. 58, fig. 2. ' 



^ Himantopus brasiliexsis. 



? Himavfopus melanurus, Yieill. Kouv. Diet. X. 1817, 42 (based on Zancudo, Azara, Apunt, 



III. 1805, 299 ?). 

 "Himantopus nigricollis," Auct. (Southern South American references ; nee Vieill.). 



//. brasiliensis. 



Himantopus brasiliensis, Brehm, Vog. Deutsehl. 1831, 684. — Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, 454 

 (fig. of head). 

 Hab. South Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chili. 

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