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ing Hawaii. Occurs casually at Pt. Barrow, Alaska, and non-breeding 

 birds linger all summer on the coast of Florida and on certain Pacific Islands.^ 



Genus EURYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 



Eurynorhynckus Nilsson, Orn. Suecica, II, 1821, 29. Type, by mono- 

 typy, Eurynorhynchus griseus Nilsson = PZatoZea pygmea Linnaeus. 



• Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus) . Spoon-bill Sandpiper. [245.] 



Platalea pijgmea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 140. (in Surinami 

 = eastern Asia.) 



Range. — Breeds in northeastern Siberia (Cape Serdze, Providence Bay). 

 Winters on the coasts of Japan, India, and Burma. Casual on Choris Pen- 

 insula and Wainwright Inlet, Alaska.^ 



Family RECUR VIROSTRIDAE. Avocets and Stilts. 



Genus RECURVIROSTRA Linnaeus. 



Recurvirostra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 151. Type, by 

 monotypy, Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus. 



Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. Avocet. [225.] 



Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 693. Based 

 mainly on the American Avocet Pennant, Arct. Zool., II, 502. (in 

 America septentrionali et Nova Hollandia = North America.) 



Range. — Breeds from eastern Washington, southern Alberta (formerly 

 Great Slave Lake) and southern Manitoba south to southern California, 

 southern New Mexico, southern Texas, Kansas, and northern Iowa (formerly 

 Wisconsin, Illinois, and New Jersey) ; has occurred in summer north to southern 

 Mackenzie. Winters from central California and southern Texas to southern 

 Guatemala. Casual from British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick to 

 Florida and the West Indies, but rare east of the Mississippi River. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS Brisson. 



Himantopus Brisson, Orn., 1760, I, 46; V, 33. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Himantopus Brisson = C/iaracZnus himantopus Linnaeus. 



Himantopus mexicanus (Mijller). Black-necked Stilt. [226.] 



Charadrius Mexicanus P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, 117. 

 Based on the Echasse de Mexique, Himantopus Mexicanus Brisson, V, 

 36. (in Mexico.) 



1 The bird of eastern America has been separated by some authors as C a. 

 rubida Gmelin and that of Asia and the Pacific coast of America as C. a. tridac- 

 tyla Pallas. 



2 Dixon, Aulv, XXXVIII, 1918, 387. 



