OOG ORNITDOLOGY. 



HiMANTOPUS MEXICANUS. 

 Ainorit-aii Slill. 



(Pahn-tuy' -he of the Shoshones.) 



Charadrius mexicanm, MuLLER, Syst. Nat., 1770, 117. 



Himantopus mexicanm, Ouu (ed. Wils.), Am. Orn., VII, 1824, 52. 



Himantopm nigricollis, ViEiLLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., X, 1817, 42. — Cassin, 



in Baird's Birds N. Am. 18.18, 70I.~Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 518. 



— CouES, Key, 1872, 247, flg. ItiO ; Check List, 1873, No. 408 ; Birds N.W., 



1874, 462.— Uknshaw, 1875, 450. 



This species was almost invariably found in the same localities with 

 the Avocet (Becurvirostra), but it was everywhere less abundant than that 

 species. It was more numerous about the southeastern portion of the Great 

 Salt Lake than at any other locality visited by us. 



lAst of specimens. 



815, i ad.; Soda Lake, Carson Desert, June 28, 1868. 15— 29^— (?)— 7f. Bill, deep 

 black; iiis, grayish brown n(>xt the pupil, with a wide outer ring of clear rosy-car- 

 mint'; legs and feet, deep light rose-i)iuk or lake-red. 



1018, eggs (4) ; near Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. Nest on the ground, on small 

 grassy island in Warm Spring Lake. 



1072, ? ad.; near Salt Lake City, May 29, 1869. 14|— 27^. Same remarks as to 

 No. 815. 



1084, i ad.; mouth of Jordan River, Utah, June 2, 1869. 15^ — 30. Iris, rich 

 fine carmine. 



Fajiily SCOLOPACIDJ]— Snipe, Sandpipers, etc. 

 Gallinago wilsoni. 



Wiison*s Snipe. 



{Tuttoo-hoy' -ehli and Kay'-lehk of the Washoes; Si'-yeJieh of the Shoshones.) 



Scolopax icilsonu, Temm., PI. Col. v, livr. lxviii (in text). 



Gallinago wilsoni, BoNAP., Comp. & Geog. List, 1838, 52.— Cassin, in Baird's Birds 

 N. Am., 1858, 710.— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 523.— CouES, Key, 

 1872, 262, tig. 163; Check List, 1873, No. 414;. Birds N.W., 1874, 475.— Uen- 

 SHAW, 1875, 452. 



Oallinago gallinaria var. wilsoni, Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., X, 1874,383. 



The Common Snipe was an abundant species during the spring and 



