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2. H. brasiliensis . 1 White of the forehead extending back to and including the occiput. 
Black of the nape separated from that of the back by a wide white bar across lower part 
of the nape. 
Himantopus mexicanus. 
AMERICAN BLACK-NECKED STILT. 
Gharadrius mexicanus, Muller, S. N. Suppl. 1776, 117. 
Himantopus mexicanus, Oitr>, ed. Wilson, VII. 1824, 52. — Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 54. — Ridgw. 
Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 567. — Coues, 2d Check List, 1882, no. 601. 
Gharadrius himantopus, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 741 (part). 
Rccurvirostra himantopus, Wils. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 48, pi. 58, fig. 2. 
1 Himantopus brasiliensis. 
? Himantopus melanurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X. 1817, 42 (based on Zancudo, Azara, Apunt. 
III. 1805, 299 ?). 
“ Himantopus nigricollis Auct. (Southern South American references ; nec Vieill.). 
H. brasiliensis. 
Himantopus brasiliensis, Brehm, Vog. D'eutschl. 1831, 684. — Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, 454 
(fig. of head). 
Hab. South Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chili. 
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