588 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



CRYMOPHILUS, Vieill. 

 C. fulicarius, L. Red Phalarope. 



Bill flattened ; membraues of toes scalloped ; lower parts 

 purplish cinnamon ; sides of head white ; top of head dark 

 (streaked with buify in male) ; back buiFy, striped with black ; 

 male smaller than female. Length, 8 inches; tail, 2f inches; 

 tarsus, f inch ; bill 1 inch. Breeds far northward. In winter, 

 ranges south to Middle States and Ohio Valley, and then plumage 

 is different ; lower parts white ; head white ; back uniform pearl 

 gray. 



"About as numerous as the preceding. It arrives on our sea- 

 board in May, and soon suddenly disappears, to re-appear in 

 August, during which month they are most numerous. Author 

 has seen a specimen, shot June 27th, 1863, on the Hackensack 

 River."— [C. C. A.] 



Family RECURVIROSTRIDiE. 



Avocets. 



RBCURVIROSTRA, L. 



R. americana, Gmel. American Avocet. Blue Stocking. 



Legs blue, long ; bill slender, recurved, flattened and tapering 

 to a needle point; toes four, full webbed; plumage white, 

 marked with cinnamon on wings ; head tinged with gray in 

 winter. Length, 18 inches; tail, S^ inches; tarsus, 3f inches. 



" Common along the sea-board, more especially at Egg Harbor. 

 Frequents shallow pools in the salt meadows. Breeds in the 

 long grass, generally selecting a tuft in which to place the nest. 

 Never seen inland, nor about the bay shore. Known frequently 

 as ' blue-stockings.' " 



HIMANTOPUS, Briss. 



H. mexicanus, Miill. {nigricollis—AbhoiVs Catalogue.) Black-necked 

 Stilt. Long-shanks. Lawj'er. 



Toes three, semipalmated ; bill nearly straight, not flattened ; 

 legs pink ; forehead, cheeks and lower parts white ; iris crim- 



