20 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



FAMILY Recurvirostridae. Avocets and Stilts. 



103. Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. 



Winters on the coast, migrating through the entire State. Known to 

 breed in West-central and Western Texas (Mason and Midland 

 counties.) 



104. Himantopus mexicanns. Black-necked Stilt. 



Summer resident of the coast counties (Bee, Refugio, Neuces, etc.) 

 and of the southern plains region (Midland, Ector, counties, etc.) 



FAMILY Scolopacidae. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



105. Philohela minor. American Woodcock. 



Winter resident in Eastern Texas, occasionally as far west as San An- 

 gelo. Rare at Waco. This species is said to be resident in the Big 

 Thicket of Eastern Texas. 



106. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. 



Common winter resident. 



107. Hacrorhamphtts griseus. Dowitcher. 



Reported from Corpus Christi and Hidalgo by Singley. Probably an 

 irregular migrant. 



108. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Migrant. Winters on the Gulf coast principally south of Corpus 

 Christi. 



109. Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 



Common (?) during the fall migration at San Angelo (Lloyd), rare at 

 Waco, rare at San Antonio. 



110. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Migrant, especially abundant in spring. 

 HI. Pisobia fnscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Abundant migrant, common winter resident on the coast. Mild win- 

 ters remains in Central Texas during the season. 



1 12. Pisobia bairdL Baird Sandpiper. 



Uncommon migrant. Reported in spring at San Angelo (Lloyd) and 

 Alpine (Strecker). Not recorded in the lists of Hancock, Chapman, 

 Carroll or Attwater. One at Boerne (Brown). 



113. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



Abundant migrant in the interior, winters in Southeastern Texas and 

 along the Gulf coast. 



