Ill 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.E. Avocets and Stilts. 



Sknus HIMANTOPUS Brisson. 



28. Himantopus mexicanus (iWu».). Black-necked Stilt. 



Illinois and Wisconsin, rare (Nelson, N. E. Ills., p. 124) ; Ohio, rare (Wheaton, 

 p. 463) ; Michigan, rare (Gibbs., p. 492). 



Family SCOLOPACID.E. .Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baied. 



29. Micropalama himantopus (.Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper. 



IllinoiB, rare (Ridgway Cat., p. 195) ; Ohio, rare (Wheaton, p. 471) ; Michigan 

 (Qibbs., ^. 492). 



Genus TRINGA Linn.eus. 



Subgenus Tbinga. 



30. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot; Red-breastrd Sandpiper. 



Illinois (Ridgway Cat., p. Ii)5) ; Ohio, rare migrant (Wheaton, p. 478) ; Michi- 

 gan, rare (Gibbs, p. 492). 



Subgenus Arquatella Baird. 



31. Tringa maritima Br'unn. Purple Sandpiper. 



Illinois, rare (Ridgway Cat., p. 195); Ohio, rare (Wheaton, p. 476). 



Subgenus Actodromas Eaup. 



32. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Illinois and Wisconsin (Nelson, N. E. 111., p. 127) ; Ohio, migrant (Wheaton, 

 p. 475) ; Michigan, rare (Gibbs, p. 492). 



33. Tringa bairdii iCnuet). Baird's Sandpiper. 



Illinois, (Ridgway Cat, p. 195) ; Ohio, migrant (Wheaton, p. 473). 



Genus PAVONCELLA Leach. 



34. Pavoncella pugnax (imn.). Ruff. 



A European species, accidental in Ohio (Wheaton, p. 489). 



Genus TRYNQITES Cabanis. 



35. Tryngites sabrufioollis ( Vieill.). Bhff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Illinois and Wisconsin (Nelson, N. E. 111., p. 130) ; Ohio (Wheaton, p. 491) ; 

 Michigan, rare (Gibbs, p. 493). 



Family TETRAONID^. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



Subfamily PERDICIN^E. Partridges. 



Genus COLINUS Lesson. 



36. Colinus virginianus fioridanus Couea. Florida Bob-white. 



Common along the river vallies in Southern Illinois (Nelson, S. III., p. 43), 

 perhaps found in the Lower Wabash Valley in Indiana. 



