446 
BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Himantopus mericanus? Ripeway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, 1896, 633 (James 
Island, Galapagos; crit.). 
?Himantopus mexicanus Ripeway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xix, 1896, 633 (Albe- 
marle, Chatham, Indefatigable, and James Islands, Galapagos; crit., meas- 
urements, etc.). 
[Charadrius] himantopus (not of Linneus) GmeEuin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 690, 
part.—LatHam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 741, part. 
Recurvirostra himantopus Witson, Am. Orn., vii, 1813, 48, pl. 58, fig. 2. 
[Charadrius himantopus] 6. Laruam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 741 (ex Himantopus 
mexicanus Brisson, Orn., v. 36). 
Himantopus nigricollis Vie1ttot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., x, 1817, 42 (North 
America to Cayenne); Gal. Ois., ii, 1834, 85, pl. 229.—Bonaparrz, Ann. 
Lyc. N. Y., ii, 1826, 322; Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 54.—Lesson, Traité 
d’Orn., 1831, 550.—Nurraty, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Water Birds, 1834, 
8.—AupuBON, Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 247, pl. 328; Synopsis, 1839, 253; Birds 
Am., 8vo ed., vi, 1848, 31, pl. 354.—Pzazopy, Rep. Orn. Mass., 1839, 358 
(accidental).—Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., iii, Gralle, 1844, 98, part.— 
GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 386; Illustr. Birds Jamaica, 1849, pl. 108.— 
JARDINE, Contr. Orn., 1848, 84 (Bermudas, autumn).—Lemserye, Aves de la 
Isla de Cuba, 1850, 102.—McCatt, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1851, 222 
(Texas).—Hernry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1855, 315 (New Mexico); 
xi, 1859, 108 (New Mexico).—SctaterR, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 206 
(Jalapa, Vera Cruz); 1860, 290 (Babahoyo, w. Ecuador); 1864, 178 (near 
City of Mexico); 1866,'567 (Rio Ucayali, e. Peru).—Cassiy, in Baird, Rep. 
Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 704.—Barrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 518; 
Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 25 (Brazos, Texas).— 
Newron (A. and E.), Ibis, 1859, 258 (St. Croix.)—Sciater and Satvin, Ibis, 
1859, 228 (La Antigua, Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, 567 (Rio 
Ucayali, e. Peru); 1867, 591 (Mexiana Island, mouth of Amazon River); 
1870, 323 (Indefatigable Island, Galapagos); 1873, 310 (upper Rio Ucayali 
and Santa Cruz, e. Peru, breeding; descr. nest and eggs), 453 (synonymy; 
geog. range).—BryantT, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1859, 15 (Enterprise, 
Florida), 121 (Bahamas).—Marrens, Journ. fiir Orn.; 1859, 218 (Bermudas).— 
Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xi, 1859, 192 (Fort Tejon, California)— 
Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 308 (Cuba).—ALBREcuT, Journ. 
fiir Orn., 1861, 56 (Bahamas); 1862, 206 (Jamaica).—Boarpman, Proc. Bost. 
Soc. N. H., ix, 1862, 128 (Calais, Maine).—Tavytor, Ibis, 1862, 129 (Florida).— 
Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., viii, 1863, 12 (Lion Hill, Panama); viii, 1866, 
295 (vicinity New York City); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 308 (Rio de 
Coahuyana, Colima; Mazatlan, Sinaloa); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 
46 (San Mateo, Oaxaca, Aug.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 197 (St. Vin- 
cent), 238 (Antigua), 242 (Barbuda).—Marcu, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
xvi, 1864, 67 (Jamaica)—ScuiEGEL, Mus. Pays-Bas, v. no. 27 (Scolopaces), 
1864, 107, part.—Couss, Ibis, 1865, 159 (New Mexico); 1866, 263 (Colorado 
River, Arizona); Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, 1866, 97 (Fort Whipple, 
Arizona); Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, 123 (South Carolina); Proc. 
Essex Inst., v, 1868, 292 (New England); Check List, 1873, no. 408; Birds 
Northwest, 1874, 462.—Satvin, Ibis, 1865, 192 (Guatemala); 1886, 178 (Brit. 
Guiana); 1889, 379 (Cozumel Island); Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, 1876, 502 
(Indefatigable Island, Galapagos).—Dresszr, Ibis, 1865, 319 (Galveston, 
Texas); 1866, 35 (s. Texas) —SuNDEVALL, Oefy. K. Vet.-Ak. Férh., 1869, 602 
(Porto Rico).—Turnsutt, Birds E. Penn. and N. J., 1869, 38 (Phila. ed., 
29).—Atten, Am. Nat., iii, 1870, 638 (Massachusetts); Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., ii, 1871, 356 (e. Florida); iti, 1872, 171 (Great Salt Lake, Utah).— 
