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Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE : Ibis-bills, Avocets, and Stilts 



Subfamily RECURVIROSTRINAE: Avocets and Stilts 



Genus RECURVIROSTRA Linnaeus 



Recurvirostra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. lo, vol. i, 1758, p. 151. Type, by 

 monotypy, Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus. 



Recurvirostra americana Gmelin : Avocet 

 Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 693. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; 

 Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, and McKittrick, Kern County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS Brisson 



Himantopus Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 46; vol. 5, p. 33. Type, by tau- 

 tonymy, Himantopus Brisson =^ Charadrius himantopus Linnaeus. 



Himantopus mexicanus (Muller) : Black-necked Stilt 



Charadrius Mexicanus P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst., Suppl., 1776, p. 117. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Family PRESBYORNITHIDAE : Presbyornithes 



Genus PRESBYORNIS Wetmore 



Presbyornis Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, p. 396. 

 Type, by monotypy, Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore. 



Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore 



Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, 

 P- 396, pi. 37, figs. 10-20. 



Eocene (Lower Green River formation) : White River, Utah, 2 

 miles from Colorado State line. 



Family PHALAROPODIDAE: Piialaropes 



Genus LOBIPES Cuvier 



Lobipes Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i, 1817 (Dec. 7, 1816), p. 495. Type, by 

 original designation, Tringa hyperborea Linnaeus = rn'»<70 lobata 

 Linnaeus. 



Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) : Northern Phalarope 



Tringa lobata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 148. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil I-ake, Oregon. 



