146 THE AMERICAX MiSEUM JOURXAL 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.E. Avocets axd Stilts. 

 American Avocet {Rccitrv.rostra amcricana). A bird of the interior, 

 breeding from Texas to the Saskatchewan. Giraiid mentions it as casual on' 

 Long Island, and says that a few bred at Egg Harbor, N. J. (Dutcher records 

 four individuals seen by Col. Xicholas Pike on Long Island as follows: Pon- 

 quogue, 1844: Canarsie Bay. 1847: Southampton, two. no date (Auk, X. i8q?. 

 p. 272). 



Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus). A southern species, 

 breeding in the Gulf States and locally in the Mississippi X'allev and west- 

 ward; rare on the North Atlantic coast. Giraud mentions it as '"unfrequent," 

 and Dutcher records two specimens taken by Colonel Pike on Great South 

 Bay, one of them in 1843 (Auk, X, 1893, P- 272). 



Family SCOLOPACID.E. Snipes. Saxdpipeks. etc. 



European Woodcock {Scolopax rusticola) . The only record for the 

 occurrence of this species in this vicinity is based on a specimen found in 

 Washington Market, December 6, 1,859, which was said to have been killed 

 near Shrewsbury, N. J. (Lawrence. Ann. Lye. Xat. Hist.. VHI, 1866, p. 223). 



*Woodcock ( p/,-,7„/„./:, ,„/„„;■). The woodcock is a not imcommon sum- 

 mer resident and more numerous fall migrant. Owing to the clearing of 

 timber areas, draining of \v.vx\s and demands of sportsmen, it is however, 

 yearly decreasing in numbers in the vicinity of Xew York. It arrives early 

 in March, and does not leave us until the ground is frozen. (See group, 

 second floor). 



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Fig. S. Woodcock. 

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