The two American species o f OEdicnemüs will stand as follows ;—
1. OE dicnemüs bis t e ia td s .
Charadrius Uslriatus, "Wagler, Is is , 1829, p . Q>i%— OEdicnemüs hislrialus, G ray ’s Gen. iii. p. 533 ; Cab. in Sclioinb.
Gu ian . iii. p. 7 49.—Owen, Ib is, 18G1, p. 67 ; Salvin, Ib is, 1S61, p . 356 ; Sclater, V.Z.S. 1865. p. 397 j Scblegcl, Mus.
d. P .B . Cursores, p. 19.— OEdicnemüs vocifer, L ’Herm. Mag. de Zool. 1837, cl. ii. t. 84.— ® americamts, Sw. An. in
Men. p. 349.—“ OE. mexicanus L ic h t.’’ ( te s te Schlegel.).
H a l . Mexico (Wa g ler): Y e ra Cruz (Boucard): Guatemala, Plains o f Salamà au d llu am u c h al (Salvin):
H o n d u ra s (T a y h r ): N ew G ran ad a , Bog o ta CAfif*. B r it.) : Venezuela, province of Cumana (L U e n n .) : Gu ian a
(Schomb.): Ilio B ran co , N o rth e rn Bra zil (Nattorer iu Mtts. Vindob).
2. OE dicnemüs su pe ecil ia e is (P la te X X X ).
Hab. Coast-region o f W e s te rn P e ru .
August, 1867.