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p. 340, et Gall. Ois. ii. p. 85, pi. 229 ; Cassin, in Baird's B. N. A. 

 p. 704; Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 237; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 206, 

 1864, p. 178 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 323, et Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 228; Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 258. 



Hypsibates nigricollis, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 758. 



Recurvirostra himantopus, Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. p. 52. 



Himantopus mexicanus, Ord ; Wils. Orn. (1824) vii. p. 52 ; Max. 

 Beitr. iv. p. 741 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 367 ; Wagler, Isis, 1831, 

 p. 520. 



Diagn. Pileo toto pone oculos nigro : macula supra oculos et 

 oculorum ambitu angusto albis : dorso summo nigro. 



Hab. Whole of America down to Brazil. 



Of this species we have before us examples from California, Gua- 

 temala (Salvin), Columbia (Wyatt), and the Galapagos (Habel). 

 In the Society's Gardens is a living example lately received from 

 Maranham, Brazil. 



Head of Himantopus brasiliensis. 



2. Himantopus brasiliensis. 



Zancudo, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 297 (?). 



Himantopus melanurus, Vieill. N. D. x. p. 42, et E. M. p. 340 (?). 



H. mexicanus, Haiti. Ind. Az. p. 25. 



H. nigricollis, Gay, Faun. Chil. Aves ; Cassin, in Gilliss's Exp. ii. 

 p. 1 ; Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 502 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 339 ; Scl.et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 144. 



H. brasiliensis, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 684. 



Diagn. Pileo toto supero et fascia lata dorsum summum trans- 

 eunte albis. 



Hab. South Brazil, Argentine Republic, and Chili. 



Of this bird we have specimens before us from Caicara in Matto- 

 grosso (Natterer), Buenos Ayres (Hudson), and Chili (Leybold). 



