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565. Stegaitop-us wifisoiai — Continued. 



*&. No. 10393. £1 ad. Dane County, Wisconsin, May 20, 1855; TV 



Kuiulien. 

 *c. No. 67742. $ ad. Frenchman's River, Dakota; Dr. E. Coues, IT. 



S. A. 

 d. No. 17536. $ juv. Cold Springs, California, July 27, 1877 ; H. W. 



Henshaw. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.E.— The Avocets. 



566. Recur virostra asiiericana Gmel. American Avocet. 



[517.] Whole of temperate North America; south, 

 in winter, to Guatemala, Cuba, and Jamaica. 



*a. No. 34433. $ ad. Near Fort Larned, Kansas, June 2, 1864 ; Dr. 



E. Coues, U. S. A. 

 *&. No. 67764. Juv. Chief Mountain, Dakota, August 29,1874; Dr. 



E. Coues, U. S. A. 



567. Himanfopus mexicanus (Mini.). Black-necked Stilt. 



[518.] Whole of temperate North America, Middle 

 America, and Northern South America, to Brazil, 

 Peru, Galapagos, etc.; West Indies. 



*a. No. 79929. $ ad. Salt Lake City, Utah, June 3, 1869 ; R. Ridg- 

 way. 



Order PALUDICOLA— The Maesh-Bieds. 



Family PARRIDJE.— The Jacanas. 



568. Parra gynanost^ma Wagl. Mexican Jaqana. Middle 



America, north to Lower Eio Grande Valley in 

 Texas; Cuba; Hayti? 



Family RALLID^E.— The Rail Tribe. 



569. Rallus elegaias And. Eed-breasted Eail. [542.] Fresh- 



water marshes of Eastern United States. 



569*. Rallus foeldmgi Eidgw. Belding's Eail. Salt-water 

 marshes of Lower California. 



57©. Rail un obsoletus Eidgw. Californian Clapper Eail. 

 Salt-water marshes of Pacific coast of United States, 

 south to western coast of Lower California. 



a. No. 84672. Ad. San Francisco, California, April, 1877 ; E. W. 

 Nelson. 



57 1 . Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gmel.). Clapper Eail. 

 [553.] Salt-water marshes of Atlantic coast of 

 United States. 



*«. No. 80353. $ ad. Cobb's Island, Virginia, July 20, 1880 ; P. L. Jouy. 

 *fc. No. 80358. £ pullus. Cobb's Island, Virginia; P. L. Jouy. 



