TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 91 



Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Avocets, Stilts 



Genus HIMANTOPUS Brisson 



Iliniautopus knudseni Stejneger 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 81, pi. 6, fig. 2, May 17, 1887. 

 =Himantopus himantopus knudseni Stejneger. See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 2 : 290, 1934. 

 110024. Adult male. Kauai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Oceania. En- 

 tered into the museum register on December 23, 1886. Collected by 

 Valdemar Knudsen. 



Family BURHINIDAE: Thick-knees 



Genus ESACUS Lesson 



Orthorhamphus magnirostris scommophorus Oberholser 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, 55: 133, April 26, 1919. 



=Esacus magnirostris (Vieillot). See Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 1007: 15, 

 December 29, 1938. 



170879. Adult male. Pulau Wai, Tambelan Islands (about 100 miles 

 west of the westernmost point of Borneo and about 150 miles southeast 

 of the Anamba Islands), South China Sea. August 13, 1899. Col- 

 lected by William L. Abbott. 



Family GLAREOLIDAE: Pratincoles, Coursers 



Genus CURSORIUS Latham 



Cursorius temmiiickii jebeSensis Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 65 (13) : 6, November 26, 1915. 

 =Cursorius temminckii temniinckii Swainson. See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 2: 300, 1934. 

 216167. Adult male. "Rhino Camp" (on the left bank of the Bahr-el- 

 Jebel at lat. 2°55' N.), about 15 miles north of Wadelai, West Nile 

 District, Northern Province, Uganda Protectorate. January 11, 1910. 

 Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 17991. Smith- 

 sonian African Expedition. 



Genus RHINOPTILUS Strickland 



Rhiuoptilus africanus raffertyi Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 65 (13) : 7, November 26, 1915. 

 243063. Adult male. "Iron Bridge"=the point where the Jibuti-Addis 

 Ababa railway crosses the Hawash River, Ethiopia. February 4, 1912. 

 Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 20081. Childs Frick 

 African Expedition (1911-1912) . 



