108 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



and northern Ungava; winter home unknown, but probably the 

 oceans south of the equator; in migration occurs nearly throughout 

 the United States and in Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, and 

 Hawaii. 



GENUS STEGANOPUS VIEILLOT. 



Steganopus VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXII, 1819, 136. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Steganopus tricolor VIEILLOT. 



Steganopus tricolor VIEILLOT. Wilson's Phalarope. [224.] 



Steganopus tricolor VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXII, 1819, 

 136. (Paraguay.) 



RANGE. North and South America. Breeds from central Wash- 

 ington, central Alberta, and Lake Winnipeg south to eastern Califor- 

 nia, southern Colorado, southern Kansas, northern Iowa, and north- 

 western Indiana; winters from central Chile and central Argentina 

 south to Falkland Islands; casual in migration on Pacific coast from 

 southern British Columbia to Lower California and on Atlantic coast 

 from Maine to New Jersey. 



FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDJE. AVOCETS AND STILTS. 



GENUS RECURVIROSTRA LINNAEUS. 



Recurvirostra LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 151. Type, by 

 monotypy, Recurvirostra avosetta LINNAEUS. 



Recurvirdstra americana GMELIN. Avocet. [225.] 



Recurvirostra americana GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 693. (North 

 America.) 



RANGE. North America. Breeds from eastern Oregon, central 

 Alberta, and southern Manitoba (rarely north to Great Slave Lake) 

 south to southern California, southern New Mexico, northwestern 

 Texas, northern Iowa, and central Wisconsin; winters from southern 

 California and southern Texas to southern Guatemala; casual from 

 Ontario and New Brunswick to Florida and the West Indies, but rare 

 east of Mississippi River. 



