438 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Adult female.—Wing, 212-226 (217.7); tail, 79-87 (83.1); culmen, 
79.5-93 (88.8); tarsus, 85-96 (90.3); middle toe, 37-44 (40.9).¢ 
‘Breeding from eastern Oregon, central Alberta (Buffalo Lake), Sas- 
katchewan (Fort Carlton)—formerly to Mackenzie (Great Slave Lake; 
Mackenzie River)—Manitoba (Winnipeg; Souris River), etc., south- 
ward to southern California (Orange Co.), southern New Mexico, 
southern Texas (Fort Brown; Corpus Christi), northern Iowa, cen- 
tral Wisconsin, etc.; migrating southward over Mexico (Matamoros, 
Tamaulipas; Alvarado and Cérdova, VeraCruz; Guadalajara, Jalisco; 
Oputo, Sonora; Mazatlan, Sinaloa; Zacatecas; Guanajuato) to Gua- 
temala (Chiapém) ; casual or occasional in eastern United States and 
eastern Canada, from Ontario and New Brunswick to Florida; also in 
Cuba, Jamaica, and Barbados. 
[Recurvirostra] americana Gms.in, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 693 (North America; 
based on Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii, 1785, 502, pl. 21).—Laruam, Index Orn., 
ii, 1790, 787, part (includes R. nove-hollandix).—Turton, Syst. Nat., i, 
1806, 419.—Gunptacu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 342 (Cuba).—Gray, Hand- 
list, iti, 1871, 47, no. 10288.—Covuzs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 247.—ScLaTER 
and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 144.—Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 
and revised ed., 1886, 26.—Suarrr, Hand-list, i, 1899, 154. 
Recurvirostra americana Winson, Am. Orn., vii, 1818, 126, pl. 63, fig. 2.—Leaca, 
Zool. Mise., ii, 1815, 114, pl. 101.—Vre1ttot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., iii, 
1816, 103.—Temmincr, Man. d’Orn., ii, 1820, 592.—Bonaparts, Ann. Lye. 
N. Y., ii, 1826, 345; Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 54.—Swa1nson and Ricu- 
ARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 375 (Saskatchewan, May).—Lesson, 
Traité d’Orn., 1831, 592.—Ornrraotoaican Commirrez, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., vii, 1837, 193 (Columbia River)—AupuBon, Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 
168, pl. 318; Synopsis, 1839, 252; Birds Am., 8vo ed., vi, 1848, 24, pl. 353.— 
TownsEnp (J. K.), Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, 156 (n. w. United 
States).—Gray, List-Birds Brit. Mus., iii, Gralle, 1844, 97—Grraup, Birds 
Long Is., 1844, 269.—Gossr, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 389.—REICHENBACH, 
@ Eleven specimens. 
; re ; Cul- Middle 
Locality. Wing.) Tail. | mon. | Tarsus.! "tog, 
MALES. . 
‘Two adult males from Montana..............2.2.222.-222e-20-- 225.5 87 94 91.2 43.5 
One adult male from Colorado............2-2 22.2 eee eee eee eee 219 86 97 94.5 40.5 
One adult male from Utah............22..02eeeeeee eee e eee eeeee 221 79 80.5 | 86.5 43.5 
Four adult males from southern California (San Diego County).| 222.4 82.5 92.5 94 42.2 
One adult male from northern Lower California.............- 217 82 88 85 38 
One adult male from Vera Cruz (Mirador, winter). .........-.- 227 87 79 88 41 
FEMALES. 
One adult female from Louisiana..............2.22.222-2.2222- 224 «| 88 93 96 44 
One adit female from Nevada..........-...--2.. 2220s eee ee eee 216 83 83 85.3 37 
One adult female from northeastern California (Fort Crook)....| 226 84 84 90 40.5 
Four adult females from southern California (San DiegoCounty)| 214.7 84.5 84.1 89 41.4 
Three adult females from northern Lower California........... 215.5 80 85.5 90.3 41.3 
One adult female from Arizona-Sonora boundary...-.......... 223 86 91 95 41.5 
