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(Great South Bay, 2 specimens, 1843), Massachusetts (Essex County) , 

 Maine (near Calais), New Brunswick (Maces Bay, Sept., 1880; Grand 

 Menan), Wisconsin, Nebraska, etc.; ranges southward, at least during 

 migration (probably breeding locally) over whole of Mexico, Central 

 America, West Indies, and northern South America ^ as far as Ama- 

 zon Valley (Mexiana Island; Para, Santarem, Amapa, Ilha Grande, 

 and Joazeiro, Brazil) and Peru (Santa Cruz, breeding; Ingapirca; 

 Santa Lucia; Tumbez). 



Charadnus mexicanus Mullbr, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 177(3, 117 (Mexico; based on 

 L'Echasse du Mexique Brissoii, Orn., v, 1760, .36). 



Hiviantopus mexicanus Ord, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., vii, 1824, 52. — Wagler, Isis, 

 1831, 520.— BoNAP.^RT.-?, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 54.— Salle, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 237 (Santo Doniingo).— Giebel, Yog., 1860, 371, 

 fig. 661.— Bryant (H.), Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1867, 97 (Santo Domingo). 

 — RiDGWAY, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 606 (Soda Lake, Carson Desert, Nevada, 

 breeding; near Salt Lake City, Utah, breeding); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 

 1880, 10 (crit. nomencl.), 201 (Cat. N. Am. Birds, no. 567); v, 1883, 534, 

 footnote (Sierra ie Santiago, Cape San Lncas, and San Jose del Cabo, Lower Cal- 

 ifornia); Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 567. — Merrill, (J. C), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mxis., 1,1878,161 (Fort Brown, Texas, resident; descr. nest and eggs). — Belding, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas.,i, 1879, 440 (Stockton and Sutter Co., California, breed- 

 ing); vd, 1883, 352 (Lower California s. of lat. 24^ 30'). — Chamberlain (M.), 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 105 (Maces Bay, New Brunswick, 1 spec, 

 Sept., 1880).— Coues, Check List, 2nd ed., 1882, no. 601.— Bailey (H. B.), 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883 42 (St. Simons Island, Georgia, breeding). — 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds, N. Am., i, 1884, 345. — Cory, 

 Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 146; Auk, iv, 1887, 231 (West Indian 

 localities and references); viii, 1891, 46 (Antigua and Anguilla, Lesser 

 Antilles), 351 (Inagua, Bahamas); ix, 1892, 48 (Maragauna, Bahamas); 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 231; Cat. West Ind Birds, 1892, 92 (New Providence, 

 Andros, Maragauna, and Great Inagua Islands, Bahamas; Cuba, Jamaica, 



« This species has been recorded from the following localities south of the United 

 States: Mexico: Sonora (Cachuta); Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Presidio de Mazatlan, Dec. 20); 

 Jalisco (Guadalajara; Santa Ana, Dec. 3; Zapotlan); Michoacan (Lake Patzcuaro, 

 Dec. 22); Tepic (Tres Marias Islands, Feb. 20); Colinaa (Rio de Coahuj^ana); Oaxaca 

 (San Mateo, Aug.); Vera Cruz (Jalapa; Santa Ana, Oct.; Tuxpan; Lake Tamaqua); 

 Puebla (Laguna de Chapulco; Santa Ana); Guanajuato; Taniaulipas (Matamoros, 

 breeding; Tampico; Tamesi); Yucatan (Progreso, Oct.; Cozumel Island, June; Holbox 

 Island); Lower California (Sierra de Santiago, Jan.; San Jose del Cabo, Feb. and Oct. 

 14 and 19; Cape San Lucas, Feb.) 



Guatemala: San Jose, Jan.; Chiapam. 



Honduras: Ruatan Island. 



Nicaragua: Momotombo. 



Costa Rica: Rio Frio; Las Trojas. 



Panama: Lion Hill. 



Venezuela: Cumana. 



British Guiana. 



Cayenne. 



West Indies: Cuba, Isle of Pines, Jamaica, Haiti, Porto Rico, and St. Croix, Greater 

 Antilles; Anguilla, St. Bartholomew, Antigua, St. ^'incent, and Barbados, Lesser 

 Antilles; Curasao and Bonaire, Dutch West Indies. 



