BIRDS OF SOUTHERN VERACRUZ — WETMORE 249 



At Tres Zapotes I found a few about the grassy shores of Laguna 

 del Tular, where I shot an adult female on March 23, 1939. Carriker 

 secured specimens near Tlacotalpam on February 6 and 9 and near 

 Hueyapa on March 21, 1940. 



Family CHARADRIIDAE 



OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Linnaeus) : Killdeer 



Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 150 

 (South Carolina). 



In 1940 Carriker recorded the killdeer as fairly common around 

 Tres Zapotes in January (one taken January 26), and at Tlacotalpam 

 in February. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE 



CAPELLA DELICATA (Ord) : Wilson's Snipe 



Scolopaw delicata Ord, in reprint of Wilson's American ornithology, vol. 9, 1825, 

 p. 218 (Pennsylvania). 



Carriker found this snipe rather common in boggy pastures near 

 Tlacotalpam, collecting a male on February 16, 1940. 



NUMENIUS AMERICANUS Bechstein: Long-billed Curlew 



Numenius americanus Bechstein, in Latham's Allgemeine Uebersicht der 

 Vogel, vol. 4, pt. 2, 1812, p. 432 (New York). 



On February 8, 1940, Carriker found six or eight long-billed cur- 

 lews at a shallow lagoon surrounded by extensive wet meadows near 

 Tlacotalpam. He shot two females. One of these skins has the wing 

 267 and the culmen 160 mm. It might be identified as the northern 

 race occidentalis as the measurements come within the upper limits 

 assigned to that form. The second bird has the wing 263 mm. and 

 the culmen 173 mm. The tips of the longest primaries are abraded 

 so that the wing measurement is 3 or 4 mm. too short. This specimen 

 therefore comes within the lower limits assigned to the larger south- 

 ern race. Thus, two forms may be identified but pending further 

 studies it seems better to record these two migrant individuals under 

 the specific name. 



BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein) : Upland Plover 



Tringa longicauda Bechstein, in Latham's Allgemeine Uebersicht der Vogel, vol. 4, 

 pt. 2, 1812, p. 453 (North America). 



From April 8 to 11, 1939, I heard these birds calling occasionally 

 in evening as they passed Tres Zapotes in northward migration. On 

 the morning of April 9 I saw one flying to the northwest, traveling 

 about 80 yards above the earth. 



