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125 (223) Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus) Salvadori. 



Northern Phalarope. 



Syn. — Phalaropus hyperboreus; Lobipes lobatus. 



Status — Abundant migrant along the seacoast, appearing also on the lakes of the interior. 



126 (224) Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. 



Wilson Phalarope. 



Syn. — Phalaropus wilsoni; Phalaroptis tricolor. 



Status — Fairly common summer visitant along the eastern border of the State (Lassen 



County, Owens Valley, Death Valley, Colorado Valley); recorded west of the Sierras 



only from Riverside; breeds at Lake Tahoe. 



127 (225) Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. 



American Avocet. 



Syn. — Recurvirostra occidentalis. 



Status — Common summer visitant to many points in the interior of the State, where it 

 breeds; winters numerously in the southern counties. 



128 (226) Himantopus mexicanus (Muller) Ord, 



Black-necked Stilt. 



Syn. — Himantopus nigricollis. 



Status — Common summer visitant in suitable localities through Upper and Lower 



Sonoran, where it has been recorded as breeding north to Sutter County west of the 



Sierras ; north to Rhett Lake east of the Sierras. 



129 (230) Gallinago delicata (Ord) A. O. U. Committee. 



Wilson Snipe. 



Syn. — Gallinago wtlsoni; Scolopax wilsoni; Gallinago media; Gallinago media :•. ilsoiii. 

 Status — Common winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the State; remains 

 through the summer and breeds in the Boreal valleys of the northern Sierras. 



130 (232) Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say) Lawrence. 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Syn. — Scolopax grisea; Macrorhamphus griseus; Scolopax noveboracensis; 3/acrorham- 



phus griseus scolopaceus. 

 Status — Fairly common winter visitant to the interior valleys. 



131 (234) Tringa canutus Linni:tus. 



Knot. 



Status — Casual migrant; detected so far only at Humboldt Bay and on th^- vlameda 

 County shore of San Francisco Bay (May 10, 1896). 



132 (239) Tringa maculata Vieillot. 



Pectoral Sand. iper. 



Syn.— Actodromas maculata. 



St.\tus— Rare migrant; known only from the record by J. G. Cooper of its occurrence at 

 San Francisco Bay. 



