ORDER LIMICOL^. 109 



Genus HIMANTOPUS Brisson. 



Himantopus Brisson, Orn., V, 1760, 33. Type, by tautonymy, [Himavr- 

 topus] himantopus Brisson ^ Charadrius himantopus Linnaeus. 



Himantopus mexic^nus (Muller). Black-necked Stilt. [226.] 



Charadrius mexicanus Mullbr, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, 117. (Mex- 

 ico.) 



Range. — Temperate North America and northern South America. 

 Breeds from central Oregon, northern Utah, and southern Colorado 

 to southern California, southern New Mexico, southern Texas, coast 

 of Louisiana, and in Mexico, and from central Florida and Bahamas 

 throughout the West Indies to northern Brazil and Peru; formerly 

 bred north to New Jersey; winters from southern Lower California, 

 southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and southern Florida south 

 through Central America and the West Indies to northern Brazil, 

 Peru, and the Galapagos; casual north in migration to Nebraska, 

 Wisconsin, and New Brunswick. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



[Genus SCOLOPAZ Linnaeus. 



Scolopax Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Scolopax rusiicola Linn^us (Gray, 1840). 



Scolopax rusticola Linnjeus. European Woodcock. [227.] 



Scolopax rusticola Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 146. (Sweden.) 



Range. — Northern iparts of the Eastern Hemisphere. Breeds from 

 the Arctic Circle to Great Britain, Russia, Siberia, and mountains of 

 Europe and Asia, and also in the Azores, Canary, and Madeira islands; 

 winters in Great Britain, southern Europe, northern Africa, China, 

 and India; occasional in eastern North America from Newfoundland 

 to Virginia.] 



