Ill 



FAMILY RECURVIROSTRID^E. AVOCETS AND STILTS. 



GENUS HIMANTOPUS BRISSON. 



28. Himantopus mexicanus (Mil//.). BLACK-NKCKED STILT. 



Illinois and Wisconsin, rare (Nelson, N. E. Ills., p. 124) ; Ohio, rare (Wheaton, 

 p. 463) ; Michigan, rare (Gibbs., p. 492). 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^E. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



GENUS MICROPALAMA BAIED. 



29. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). STILT SANDPIPER. 



Illinois, rare (Ridgway Cat., p. 195) ; Ohio, rare (Wheaton, p. 471) ; Michigan 

 (Gibbs., p. 492). 



GENUS TRINGA LINN.EUS, 

 Subgenus TRINGA. 



30. Tringa canutus Linn, KNOT; RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Illinois (Ridgway Cat., p. 195) ; Ohio, rare migrant (Wheaton, p. 478) ; Michi- 

 gan, rare (Gibbs, p. 492). 



Subgenus AKQUATELLA Baird. 



31. Tringa maritima Brnnn. PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Illinois, rare (Ridgway Cat., p. 195) ; Ohio, rare (Wheaton, p. 476). 



Subgenus ACTODROMAS Eaup. 



32. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 



Illinois and Wisconsin (Nelson, N. E. 111., p. 127) ; Ohio, migrant (Wheaton, 

 p. 475) ; Michigan, rare (Gibbs, p. 492). 



33. Tringa bairdii (Coues). BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. 



Illinois, (Ridgway Cat., p. 195) ; Ohio, migrant (Wheaton, p. 473). 



GENUS PA VON CELL A LEACH. 



34. Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.). RUFF. 



A European species, accidental in Ohio (Wheaton, p. 489). 



GENUS TRYNGITES CABANIS. 



35. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.). BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Illinois and Wisconsin (Nelson, N. E. 111., p. 130) ; Ohio (Wheaton, p. 491) ; 

 Michigan, rare (Gibbs, p. 493), 



FAMILY TETRAONID^E. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY PERDICINJE. PARTRIDGES. 



GENUS COLINUS LESSON. 



36. Colinus virginianus fioridanus Coues. FLORIDA BOB-WHITE. 



Common along the river vallies in Southern Illinois (Nelson, S. 111., p. 43), 

 perhaps found in the Lower Wabash Valley in Indiana. 



