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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



FAMILY 



recurvirostrid^e. 



Subfamily, RECURVIROSTRIN^. 



Genus: HIMANTOPUS. Briss. 

 HIMANTOPUS: BRISSON, ORN., V. p. 33, 1760. 



HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS. (Mull.) 



Charadrius mexicanus. Mull., Syst. Nat. Suppl., p. 117 (1776). 



Ilimanlopus mexicanus. Orel., ed. Wils., VII. p. 52 (1824). — Bp., 

 Comp. List, p. 54 (1838). — Salle, P. Z. S., 1S57, p. 237. — 

 Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc, Nat. Hist, XI. p. 97 (1S66). — Bel., 

 Bwr. and Ridgw., N. Am. W. Bds., I. p. 345 (1884).— Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Bds., p. 611 (1884). 



Charadriics himantopus. Lath., Ind. Orn., II. p. 741 (1790). 



Recurvirostra himantopus. Wils., Am. Orn., VII. p. 48, pi. 58 

 (1S13). 



Himaulopus nigricollis. Vicill., Diet., X. p. 42 (18 17). — Nutt., Man. 

 Orn., II. p. 8 (1834). — Aud., Bds. Am., VI. p. 31, pi. 354 

 (1843). — Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 3S6 (1847). — Bd., Cass, and 

 Lawr., Bds. N. Am., p. 704 (1870). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., 

 p. 153 (1880). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Top of the head, including the eyes, nape, 

 and wings, black; rest of the plumage, white; tail, grayish; legs, 



