28 SYNOPSIS OF 
of quills, broad band over rump, white; tail-feathers md upper tail- 
, coverts, brownish black, their bases, wiiite; lower parts, yright yellowish 
red; sides, mottled with dark oe 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, 16%, 29. : Je : 
Limosa Hudsonica, Rich. § Swain. ii. 396., Nutt. ii. 175. Aud. iii, 426; v. 592; 
plate 258; Syn. p. 247. . : 
GENUS IV.—SCOLOPAX, Linn. — SNIPE. 
365. Scolopax Wilsonii, T’emm. — Common Snipe, Wilson, 'p. 411. 
Nests in the moss of swamps. Eggs, four, yellowish.olive, blotched 
with umber. ‘ 
Scolopax Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 330. Rich. g Swain. ii. 401. Mutt. ii. 185. 
Aud. iii, 332; v. 583; plate 243; Syn. p. 248, 
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 ; rump 
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. ; 
Begleper. Drummondii, Rich. §& Swain. ii, 400. Aud. v. 319; Syn. p. 249; not 
figured. r 
367. Scolopax Noveboracensis. — Red-breasted Snipe, Wilson, p. 488. 
Scolopax Noveboracensis, Rich. §& Swain. ii. 398. Nutt. ii. 181. “Aud. iv. 285; 
plate 335; Syn. p. 249. — Scolopax grisea, Bonap. Syn. p. 330. 
GENUS V.—MICROPTERA. — WOODCOCK. 
368. Microptera Americana. — American Woodcock, Wilson, p. 426. 
Scolopax minor, Bonap. Syn. p. 331. Aud. iii. 474.—Rusticola minor, Mutt. ii. 
194. — Microptera Americana, Jud. Syn. p. 250; plate 268. ~ 
GENUS VI.—RECURVIROSTRA, Linn.— AVOSET. 
369. Recurvirostra Americana, Linn.— American Avoset, Wilson, 
p- 539. ; - 
. Nests in ae grass. Eggs, four, of a dull olive color, marked with 
irregular blotches of black, and with others of a fainter tint. | 
Recurvirostra Americana, Bonap. Syn. p. 394. Rich. & Suain. ii. 375. Nutt. ii. 
74. Aud, iv. 108; plate 318; Syn. p. 252 
GENUS VIl.—HIMANTOPUS, Briss.— STILT. 
370. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill.—Black-necked Stilt, Wilson, 
p. 490. = 
Nests near margins of ponds. Eggs, four, pyriform, pale yellowish clay 
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