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Mailliard, Condor, v1, 1904, p. 15) west to Cemetaries, San Mateo County (Pem- 
berton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 207), and Santa Barbara (Torrey, Condor, x1, 1909, 
p. 173; Bowles, Condor, xi, 1911, p. 35), thence south through the interior of 
southern California. 
136. (225) Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 
AVOCET 
Synonym—Recurvirostra occidentalis. 
Status—Common summer visitant to suitable localities in the Modoe region, 
in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, and in the San Diegan district. 
Many breeding stations recorded, west on the Oregon line to Lower Klamath 
Lake (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 233), and south at least to Santa Ana, 
Orange County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 16). Occurs more 
widely in migration, west to the coastal region south of San Francisco Bay. 
Winters in fair numbers in the San Diegan district, casually as far north as 
Stockton (Belding, MS), and Novato, Marin County (J. and J. W. Mailliard, 
MS). 
137 (226) Himantopus mexicanus (Miiller) 
BuACK-NECKED STILT 
Synonym—Himantopus nigricollis. 
Status—Common summer visitant to interior localities the whole length of 
the state, chiefly east of the Sierras at the north, west of the desert divide at the 
south, and in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Valley through the center of the 
state. In the latter area recorded as breeding north to Sutter County (Belding, 
Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, p. 440), and in the San Diegan district south to 
Santa Ana, Orange County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 16). 
Occurs in migration in the coast belt north to Miller, Marin County (Kobbe, 
Bailey’s Handbook Bds., 1902, p. 1), casually to San Nicolas Island (J. Grinnell, 
Rep. Bds. Santa Barbara Ids., 1897, p. 26). 
138 (230) Gallinago delicata (Ord) 
WILSON SNIPE 
Synonyms—Gallinago wilsoni; Scolopax wilsoni; Gallinago media; Gallin- 
ago media wilsoni; English Snipe; Jack Snipe. 
Status—Common migrant almost throughout the state; remains in moderate 
numbers through the winter in west-central and southern California. A few 
spend the summer in the Sierras; recorded as breeding at Eagle Lake, Lassen 
County (Cooke, Bull. 35, U. S. Biol. Surv., 1910, p. 23); Webber Lake, Sierra 
County (Belding, Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 267); Lake Tahoe (Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 1, 1884, p. 190) ; and near Gorman, 
in Tejon Pass, extreme northern Los Angeles County (J. Mailliard, Condor, xv1, 
1914, p. 261). Also in breeding season around Lower Klamath Lake, on Oregon 
line (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 232). Adult specimen in Mus. Vert. 
