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reservoir, in the spring of 1880, ~and now in Mr. Gould's 

 collection." 



This exhausts what we know of the Avocet as an Ohio 

 bird. 



81. (226.) HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS (Mull.). 230. 



Black-necked Stilt. 



Synonyms: Himantopus nigricollis, Charadrius mexicanus. 



Stilt, Long-shanks, Lawyer. 

 Langdon, Journal Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., I, 1879, 182. 



The above citation rests upon the authority of Mr. Dury. 

 Dr. Wheaton also states that "The Stilt has been repeatedly 

 taken on Lake Erie, as I am informed by Mr. Winslow." 

 There are no more recent records. 



Family SCOLOPACID^E. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



Ohio is credited with twenty-seven members of this var- 

 ied family. The Woodcock is strictly sylvan, found no- 

 where but in the wet woods. Many are shore haunters, 

 some feed in wet meadows, and most of them are likely to 

 be found in or around the field ponds and spring flooded 

 places where the water stands for a few days or weeks. All 

 have sensitive bills with which they are able to feel the 

 worm or insect in the mud, and some are able to move the 

 tip of the bill without moving the rest of the bill. Some 

 travel in flocks of varying size while some are solitary. Ref- 

 erence to the individual species will discover other points 

 which it would not be possible to treat here. 



82. (228.) PHILOHELA MINOR (Gmel.). 200. 



American Woodcock. 



Synonyms: Scolopax minor. 



Bog-sucker, Big Mud Snipe, Big-headed Snipe, Blind Snipe, 

 Whistling Snipe, Timber Doodle, Bog Bird, Night Partridge, 

 Night Peck, Hookum Pake, "Pewee," Labarador Twister, 

 Whistler. 



Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 



The Woodcock is too much sought after and therefore 



