344 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
A (O}.. Ur 
NO. 
181 (224) PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR. (VIEILL.) Wilson’s Phalarope. 
Chiefly interior of North America; breeds from northern Illinois north- 
ward; in winter, south to South America; common in Mississippi 
Valley; casual on Atlantic coast. 
FAMILY RECURVIROSTRID4AE. Avocets and Stilts. 
Genus RECURVIROSTRA,  Lixy. 
182 (225) RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA. GweL. American Avocet. 
Temperate North America; breeds from Illinois to the Saskatchewan 
and Great Slave Lake; in winter, Central America and West 
Indies; rare on Atlantic coast except Florida, where it is casual; 
accidental in New England. 
Genus HIMANTOPUS. Briss. 
183) (226) HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS. (MiLu.) Black-necked Stilt. 
Temperate North America, from the northern United States southward 
to the West Indies, northern Brazil, and Peru; rare in eastern 
United States, except Florida; breeds in some numbers in Florida 
in May. 
FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 
Genus SCOLOPAX. § Liyxy. 
184 (227) SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA. Lixy. European Woodcock. 
European species, accidental in eastern North America; several records. 
Genus PHILOHELA. Gray. 
485 (228) PHILOHELA MINOR. (GmMeEL.) American Woodcock. 
Eastern North America from British Provinces to Gulf States; breeds 
throughout its range, but by far the greater number breed north; 
very numerous in Gulf States in winter. 
Genus GALLINAGO. Leacu. 
186 (229) GALLINAGO GALLINAGO. (Linn.) European Snipe. 
European species ; occurs in Greenland. 
1860 (230!) GALLINAGO MAJOR. (GmeL.) Greater Snipe. 
Old world species accidental in North America, recorded from Hudson 
Bay. 
187) (250) GALLINAGO DELICATA. (Orpb.) Wilson’s Snipe. Jack Snipe. 
Breeds from northern United States, northward ; south in winter to West 
Indies and South America, 
