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reservoir, in the spring of 1880, and now in Mr. Gould’s 
collection.” 
This exhausts what we know of the Avocet as an Ohio 
bird. 
81. (226.) Himantopus MExicanus (Mull.). 230. 
Black-necked Stilt. 
Synonyms: Himantopus nigricollis, Charadrius mexicanus. 
Stilt, Long-shanks, Lawyer. 
Langdon, Journal Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., I, 1879, 182. 
The above citation rests upon the authority of Mr. Dury. 
Dr. Wheaton also states that “The Stilt has been repeatedly 
taken on Lake Erie, as I am informed by Mr. Winslow.” 
There are no more recent records. 
Family Scotopacip#. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 
Ohio is credited with twenty-seven members of this var- 
ied family. The Woodcock is strictly sylvan, found no- 
where but in the wet woods. Many are shore haunters, 
some feed in wet meadows, and most of them are likely to 
be found in or around the field ponds and spring flooded 
places where the water stands for a few days or weeks. All 
have sensitive bills with which they are able to feel the 
worm or insect in the mud, and some are able to move the 
tip of the bill without moving the rest of the bill. Some 
- travel in flocks of varying size while some are solitary. Ref- 
erence to the individual species will discover other points 
which it would not be possible to treat here. 
82. (228.) PHILoHELA MINOR (Gmel.). 200. 
American Woodcock. 
Synonyms: Scolopax minor. 
Bog-sucker, Big Mud Snipe, Big-headed Snipe, Blind Snipe, 
Whistling Snipe, Timber Doodle, Bog Bird, Night Partridge, 
Night Peck, Hookum Pake, “Pewee,” Labarador Twister, 
Whistler. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 
The Woodcock is too much sought after and therefore 
