vot SYNOPSIS OF 
of quills, broad band over rump, white: tail-feathers ‘md upper tail 
coverts, brownish hack, their bases, white; lower parts, dright yellowish 
red ; sides, mottled with dark brown; abdomen and lower tail-coverts, 
paler and variegated with dusky ; lower wing-coverts, blackish brown, 
edged with whitish. Habitat, throughout the Union. Male, 153, 28. 
Female, 163, 20. 
Limosa Hudsonica, Rich. § Sreain. ii. S96. .Vult. ii. 105. Aud. iii, 426; v. 592; 
plate 258; Syn. p. 247. 
GENUS IV.—SCOLOPAX, Linn. — SNIPE. 
365. Scolopax Wilsonii, Z’emm.— Common Snipe, Wilson, p. 411. 
Nests in the moss of swamps. Egys, four, yellowish olive, blotched 
with umber. 
Scolopax Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 330. Rich. § Swain, ii, 401, Wutt. ii. 185. 
ud. iii, 332 ; v. S83; plate 435; Syn. p. 243. 
366. Scolopax Drummondii, Swain. — Drummond’s Snipe. 
Dorsal plumage and wings, mostly brownish black ; head and scapulars 
reflecting green, and barred with yellowish brown; stripes of this color 
from forehead to nape; middle dorsal plumage, fringed with white ; ramp 
and tail-coverts, greenish black, with ferruginous ends, crossed by a 
blackish line and tipped with white; under plumage, wood brown, with 
spots of umber; flanks and under tail-coverts, barred with black and 
white; belly, white. Length, 114. Habitat, Fur Countries, Rocky 
Mountains. 
Scolopax Drummondii, Rick. § Swain. in, 400. dud. v. 319; Syn, p. 249; not 
figured. 
367. Scolopax Noveboracensis. — Red-breasted Snipe, Wilson, p. 488. 
Scolopax Noveboracensis, Rich. § Swain, ii. 398. .Vutt. ii, SI. Aud. iv. 285; 
plate 335 ; Syn. p. 29. — Scolopas grisea, Bonap, Syn. p. 330. 
GENUS V.—MICROPTERA.— WOODCOCK. 
868. Microptera Americana. — American Woodcock, /Filson, p. 426. 
Scolopax minor, Bonao. Syn. p. 331. Aud. iii, 474. —Rusticola minor, Mutt. ii. 
194, — Microptera Americana, Aud. Syn, p. 250; plate 268, 
GENUS VI.—RECURVIROSTRA, Linn.— AVOSET. 
369. Recurvirostra Americana, Linn. — American Avoset, J¥ilson, 
p- 539. 
Nests in high grass. Eggs, four, of a dull olive color, marked with 
irregular blotches of black, and with others of a fuinter tint. 
Recurvirostra Americana, Bonap. Syn. p. 394. Rich. & Suain, ii. 375. Mutt. ii. 
74. Aud, iv. 108; plute 3183 Syn. p. 252 
GENUS VI.—HIMANTOPUS, Briss. — STILT. 
270. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill.— Black-necked Stilt, ilson, 
p- 490. 
Nests near margins of ponds. Eggs, foi:, pyriform, pale yellowish clay 
