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head and neck, back, scapulars, and wings, uniform glossy greenish 
black ; tail pale ashy ; iris crimson, and legs and feet delicate lake-red or 
rose-pink, in life. Adult female: Similar to the male, but back and 
scapulars brownish slate, and black of other portions duller. Young: 
Similar to adult female, but feathers of back, scapulars, and tertials bor- 
dered with buff or dull whitish, the blackish of head and neck finely 
mottled with the same. Downy young: Above light fulvous-grayish, 
mottled with dusky, the back and rump marked with several large black 
blotches; head, neck, and lower parts fulvous-whitish, the top of head 
and hind-neck grayish, the crown with a median black streak and occi- 
put with several spots of blackish. Length 13.50-15.50, wing 8.50-9.00, 
culmen 2.50, tarsus 4.00, middle toe 1.37. Eggs 3-4, 1.79 x 1.23, similar 
in coloration to those of Recurvirostra americana. Hab. Temperate 
North America, from northern United States southward; south, in 
winter, to Peru, northern Brazil, and West Indies. 
226. H. mexicanus (Mutt.). Black-necked Stilt. 
a’. White of forehead extending back to and including the occiput; black of nape 
separated from that of the back by a white bar or “ collar.” 
Otherwise, similar to H. mexicanus. Hab. Southern South America 
(Brazil, Argentine Republic, Chili, ete.). 
H. brasiliensis BrEHM. Brazilian Stilt. 
Famity SCOLOPACIDZE.—Tue Syirzs, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 
(Page 143.) 
(West usually on ground, in meadows, marshes, or along banks of streams. 
Eggs 2-4.) “ 
enera. 
a’, Back of tarsus with a continuous row of transverse scutelle. 
b. Ears situated directly underneath the eyes; tip of upper mandible thick- 
ened, with cutting-edges brought near together; plumage the same at 
all stages and seasons. (Subfamily Seolopacine.) 
c’. Thighs entirely feathered ; top of head with transverse bands. 
@, First quill longer than second, and broad like the rest; outer webs 
Of quills spotted .........ccsseresceeereeseenes Scolopax. (Page 149.) 
ad’. Three outermost quills abruptly much shorter and narrower than 
the fourth ; outer webs of quills plain. 
Philohela. (Page 150.) 
ce. Lower part of thighs naked; top of head with longitudinal stripes. 
Gallinago. (Page 150.) 
b?, Hars situated decidedly posterior to the eyes; tip of upper mandible thin, 
with cutting-edges far apart; plumage very different in winter and 
summer, and young different in color from adult. (Subfamily Tringine.) 
1 Himantopus brasiliensis BREuM, Vg. Deutsch]. 1831, 684, 
