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Range. — Islands and shores of the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Alaska 

 to the Galapagos Archipelago: Albemarle Island ^ (Banr iind Adams); 

 Hood Island {Albatross); Indefatigable Island (Habel); James Island 

 [Albatross)] Abingdon Island (Habel). 



Genus NUMENIUS, Brisson. 

 NnmemiiH, Brisson, Orn., VI, 1760, p. 311. Type, Scolopax arquaia, L:nn:vu8. 



K^,„iyp._Cosmopolitan. Galapagos Archipelago (two Korth Ameri- 

 can species during migration). 



NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS, Latham. 



Nmnenius hudsomcns, Latham, Index Oru., II, 1790, p. 712.— Sclater aud Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 323 (Indefatigable Island, Galapagos Archipel- 

 ago).— Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc, IX, Pt. ix, 1876, p. 504 (Indefatigable 

 Island).- Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Water Birds N. Anier., I, 1884, p. 

 315._Ridgway, Man. N. Amer. Birds, 1887, p. 171. 

 j^rtH^f'.— America in general, breeding in arctic and subarctic districts 

 of the northern continent. Galapagos Archipelago: Albemarle Island 

 (Baur and Adams) ;^ <' observed on Chatham Island" (Baur) ; Indefatiga- 

 ble Island (Habel). 



NUMENIUS BOREALIS (Forster). 



Scolopax boreaUs, Forster, Pbilos. Trans., LXII, 1772, pp. 411,431, 

 Numenins horealis, Latham, Index Orn., II, 1790, p. 712.-Salvix, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1883, p. 429 (Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago).— Baird, Brewer 

 and RiDGWAY, Water Birds N. Amer., I, 1884, p. 318.— Ridoway, Man. N. 

 Amer. Birds, 1887, p. 171. 

 Ra7ig€.—Americi\ in general, breeding in arctic districts of the 

 northern continent. Casual in the Galapagos Archipelago: Charles 

 Island (Markham). 



Family RECUR VIROSTRIDyE. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS, Brisson. 

 Himantopu.% Brisson, Orn., VI, 1760, p. 33. Type, CJiaradrius himantopus, Lin- 

 nanis. 



Tjrtii^e.— Warmer parts of both hemispheres. Galapagos Archipelago 

 (one species, apparently identical with the species of North America, 

 Middle America, and northern South America). 



PHIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS (Muller). 



Charadriiis me.ricaniis, Muller, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 117. 



Eimantopn>^ viexicanus, Ord, ed. Wils. Orn., VII, 1824, p. 52.-BAiiiD, Brewer, 



and RiDGWAY, Water Birds N. Amer., I, 1884, p. 315— Ridgway, Man. N. 



Amer. Birds, 1887, p. 147; Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 1889, p. 116 (.James 



Island, Galapagos Archipelago). 

 Himantopus nigricoUis, VmiLLOT, Nonv. Diet., X, 1817, p. 42. — Sclater and 



Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 323 (Indefatigable Island). -Salvin, Trans, 



Zool. Soc, IX, Pt. IX, 1876, p. 502 (Indefatigable Island). 



' Two specimens from "Albemarle" and one from "North Albemarle." 

 2 Six specimens. 



