ORDER LIMICOL^E. 109 



GENUS HIM ANT OP US BRISSON. 



Himantopus BRISSON, Orn., V, 1760, 33. Type, by tautonymy, [Himan- 

 topus] himantopus BRISSON = Charadrius himantopus LINN.EUS. 



Himantopus mexicanus (MULLER). Black-necked Stilt. [226.] 



Charadrius mexicanus MULLER, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, 117. (Mex- 

 ico.) 



RANGE. Temperate North America and northern South America. 

 Breeds from central Oregon, northern Utah, and southern Colorado 

 to southern California, southern New Mexico, southern Texas, coast 

 of Louisiana, and in Mexico, and from central Florida and Bahamas 

 throughout the West Indies to northern Brazil and Peru; formerly 

 bred north to New Jersey; winters from southern Lower California, 

 southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and southern Florida south 

 through Central America and the West Indies to northern Brazil, 

 Peru, and the Galapagos; casual north in migration to Nebraska, 

 Wisconsin, and New Brunswick. 



FAMILY SCOLOPAGID2E. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



[GENUS SCOLOPAX LINN^US. 



Scolopax LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Scolopax rusticola LINN^US (Gray, 1840). 



Scolopax rusticola LINN^US. European Woodcock. [227.] 



Scolopax rusticola LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 146. (Sweden.) 



RANGE. Northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. Breeds from 

 the Arctic Circle to Great Britain, Russia, Siberia, and mountains of 

 Europe and Asia, and also in the Azores, Canary, and Madeira islands; 

 winters in Great Britain, southern Europe, northern Africa, China, 

 and India; occasional in eastern North America from Newfoundland 

 to Virginia.] 



