84 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



226. Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.). 



Black-necked Stilt. 



Charadrius mexicanus Mull, S. N. Suppl. 1776, 117. 

 Himantopus mexicanus Ord, Wils. Orn. VII. 1824, 52. 



[B 518, C 408, R 567, C 601.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, from the northern 

 United States southward to the West Indies, northern Brazil, and 

 Peru. Rare in eastern United States, except in Florida. 



Family SCOLOFACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



Genus SCOLOPAX Linn^us. 



Scolopax Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 145. Type, S. rusticola 

 Linn. 



[227.] Scolopax rusticola Linn. 



European Woodcock. 



Scolopax rusticola Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 146. 

 [B— €413,^524, C606.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World ; occasional in 

 eastern North America. 



Genus PHILOHELA Gray. 

 Philohela Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, 90. Type, Scolopax minor Gm.. 



228. Philohela minor (Gmel.). 



American Woodcock. 



Scolopax minor Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 661. 

 Philohela minor Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, 90. 



[B 522, C 412, R 525, C 605.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, north to the British Pro- 

 vinces, west to Dakota, Kansas, etc. ; breeding throughout its range.. 

 No extralimital record except Bermuda. 



