SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



and along the Gulf Coast in winter, but is not common on the Atlantic coast 

 north of Florida, although stragglers have been recorded from different points 



extending as far north as the Bay of Fundy. It breeds from Texas and Illinois 

 northward to the British Provinces. The eggs are from three to four in num- 

 ber, pale grayish olive spotted with very dark brown. 



GENUS HIMANTOPUS BRISS. 



