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i. H. brasiliensia.' Wliiti' ol' tlic fore-head extending back tn and including the occipnt. 

 Black of the nape separated IVdiu llial ul' the back by a wide white bar across lower part 

 of the nape. 



//. inexicanus. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 



AMERICAN BLACK-NECKED STILT. 



Charadrius mexicanus, Mullep,, S. N. Suppl. 1770, 117. 



llimantojms mexicanus, Ohd, ed. Wilson', VII. 1824, 52. — Bonap. C'omp. List, 1838, 54. — Eidgw. 



Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 567. — CouES, 2d Check List, 1882, no. 601. 

 Charctdrius himantopus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 741 (part). 

 Eecurviroslra himantopus, WiLS. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 48, pL 58, fig. 2. 



^ Himantopus liit.isiLiENSis. 



? Himantopus mclanurus, ViElLL. Nouv. Diet. X. 1817, 42 (based on Zanmdo, Azara, Apunt. 



III. 1805, 299 ?). 

 "Himantopus nigricollis," Ai'CT. (Southern South American references ; nee Vieill.). 



//. branliensis. 



Himantopus Irasilienm, Brf.iim, Vog. Deutsehh 1831, 684. — ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, 454 

 (fig. of head). 

 Eab. South Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chili. 

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