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The genus Himantopus is represented in every tropical and temperate region 

 throughout the globe. Six species are known, of which one, H. melas of New Zealand, 

 following the peculiar characteristics of the southern Oyster-catchers, is entirely black. 

 Two inhabit the New World, viz., H. melanurus, restricted to the southern continent, 

 and E. mexicanus, of North, Central, and South America. 



1. Himantopus mexicanus. 



V^chasse de Mexique, Briss. Orn. v. p. 36 (1760) '. 



Charadrius mexicanus, P. L. S. Mull. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 117 (1776) '. 



Himantopus mexicanus, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 520'; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. Water-Birds 

 N. Amer. i. p. 345*; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 178'; Zeledon, An. Mus. 

 Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 130'; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186'', 328'; Richm. Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 526 ' ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33 '" ; Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 791 " ; A. 0. U. Check-1. N. Amer, Birds, 2nd ed. p. 84"; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore- 

 Birds, p. 35 " ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mue. xxivr. p. 320 " ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 34". 



Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 42 "; Sol. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 206 " ; 1864, 

 p. 178"; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 228"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 12'°; Mem. 

 Best. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 308''; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 46"; Salv. Ibis, 1865, 

 p. 192''; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 605"; Ibis, 1889, p. 379"; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142 ^^ 

 Sumiehr. La Nat. v. p. 233 ". 



Himantopus rufipes (aec Bechst.), Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 3'%- Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, 

 p. 58 ". 



Ptil. Mem. Supra brunneus, alia viridi-nigris, ad apicem cinereo vix fimbriatis ; dorso postico et uropygio pure 

 albis ; supracaudalibus et rectricibua pallide cineraceis ; fronts, loris et facie laterali, cum plumis post- 

 ocularibus, albis ; pileo reliquo, regione suboculari et paxotioa nigris ; collo postico et interscapuUo summo 

 cinerascenti-fuscis ; corpora subtus toto albo : rostro nigro ; pedibus psJlide coccineis ; iride roseo- 

 coccinea. Long, tota circa 13'0, alse 8"5, caudas 3'1, culm. 2'95, tarsi 4-45. (Descr. avis adultse ex 

 San Jose, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Ptil. cestiv. Supra viridi-niger, alis dorso eoncoloribus ; dorso postico et uropygio pure albis ; supracaudalibus 

 rectricibusque pallide cineraceis ; fronte lata, loris, plumis postocularibus, genis et corpore subtus tote* 

 pure albis. Long, tota circa 12-0, alse 8-6, caudse 2-6, culm. 2-5, tarsi 4-2. (Descr. maris adulti ex 

 Momotombo, Nicaragua. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari similis, sed dorso et scapularibus brunneis distinguendus. Long, tota circa 12-5, alse 8-4. (Descr. $ 

 ad. sestiv. ex Brownsville, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. North America, from the Northern United States southward; rare in the 



Eastern States, except in Florida i^.— Mexico {Beppe & Schiede^^^^, Wagler% 



Chachuta, Sonora (Eobinette^^), Mazatlan (Grat/son^^), Tres Marias Is., Presidio 



{Forrer ^% Eio de Coahuayana {Xantus ^i), Guanajuato and Guadalajara (Duges^^), 



Santana, Jalisco (Lloi/d i*), Tamesi, Zapotlan (Bichardson i^), Valley of Mexico 



(Herrera''^}, city of Mexico (White ^^), Lake Patzcuaro {Jouy'^^), Tampico, 



Tamaulipas, Lake Tamaqua and Tuxpan in Vera Cruz (Berlandier*), Jalapa 



(Salle 1"), Laguna de Chapulco, Puebla ^, Santa Ana ^■^ (Ferrari- Perez), San Mateo, 



Tehuantepec (Sumichrast 22), Progreso, N. Yucatan (Devis l^ Gaumer i^), 



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