606 ORNITHOLOGY. 



HiMANTOPUS MEXICANUS. 

 Ainrricaii Stilt. 



{Pahn-tmJ -he of the Shoshones.) 



Charadrius mexicamis, Muller, Syst. Nat., 177G, 117. 



Himantopus mexicamis, Oed (cd. Wils.), Ara. Orn., VII, 1824, 52. 



Himantopus nigricollis, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., X, 1817, 42.— Cassin, 



in Baird's Birds N. Am. 1858, 701.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 518. 



— CotJES, Key, 1872, 247, fig. ICO ; Check List, 1873, No. 408 ; Birds N.W., 



1874, 402.— Henshaw, 1875, 450. 



This species was almost invariably found in the same localities with 

 the Avocet {Recurvirostra), 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. 

 Lint of specimens. 



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

 black; iris, grayisbbrown next the pupil, with a wide outer ring of clear rosy-car- 

 mine; legs and feet, deep light rose-pink or lake-red. 



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

 grassy island in Warm S[)ring Lake. 



1072, 9 ad.; near Salt Lake City, May 29, 1869. 14f— 271 Same remarks as to 

 No. 815. 



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

 fine carmine. 



Family SCOLOPACIDJ]]— Snipe, Sandpipers, etc 

 Gallinago wilsoni. 



n'ilson's Snipe. 



{Tutfoo-hoy' -ehk and Kai/'-lehk of the Washoes; Si'-yeheh of the Shoshones.) 



Scolopax loUsonii, Temm., PI. Col. v, Uvr. lsviii (in text). 



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

 N. Am., 1858, 710.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 523.— CoUES, Key, 

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

 shaw, 1875, 452. 



Gallinago gallinaria var. wilsoni, Ridgwat, Ann. Lye. N. Y., X, 1874, 383. 



The Common Snij)e was an abundant species during the spring and 



