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HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS (Miillcr). 



Charadriiis me.vicaniis Mull., Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 117 (Mexico). 

 Abundant about the great marshes near Las Guatos on the San 

 Feliz River (Terrenos dell Tigre) during May, 1907. 



NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS Latham. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath., Index Orn. II, 1790, p. 712 (Hudson Bay). 

 This species was noted at Altagracia in November, 1897, but no 

 specimens were secured. 



HELODROMAS SOIJTARIUS (Wilson). 

 Tringa solitaria Wils., Am. Orn. VII. 1813. p. 58, PI. 58, fig. 3. 



Helodromas solitarius Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 129. 



Occasionally met with from early in August until the first of 

 February. Observed at Las Barrancas, Agua Salada de Ciudad Boli- 

 var, Ciudad Bolivar, Altagracia, Caicara. Berlepsch and Hartert record 

 a specimen also from Suapure on the Caura River. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin). 

 Scolopax flavipes Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 659. 

 Totanus flavipes Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 



Small flocks were seen about Altagracia from the last of Decem- 

 ber until February. 



TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gmelin). 

 Scolopax melanoleucus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 659. 

 Totanus melanoleucus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 441 (Angostura) ; Ber- 

 lepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 



Small flocks of Greater Yellow-legs were seen at Altagracia sev- 

 eral times during the month of November, 1897. 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus). 



Tringa macularia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 249. 

 Tringoides macularia Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 



The Spotted Sandpiper is to be seen along the Orinoco from early 

 in September until the first of April. Berlepsch and Hartert record 

 it also from the Caura River. 



