1911] The Ottawa Naturalist. 179 



Canadian Pacific Railway, several pairs may usually be seen all 

 summer. It is one of the first arrivals in spring, which announces 

 its presence in no uncertain way, by its shrill call, killdee, killdee. 

 Dates: March 27th (1907) to October 15th (1909). 



87. Mgialiiis scmipalmata, Semipalmated Plover. This di- 

 minutive plover is found in the groups of other small shore- 

 birds on the same beaches along our rivers and lakes, from 

 August to September, the 29th of the latter month being the 

 latest date at hand. It thus may be classed as a moderately 

 common fall migrant. 



APHRIZID^ TURNSTONES. 



88. Arenaria interpres, Turnstone. In the list of 1891 this 

 is called a rare migrant. I have not met with it. 



Order Gallin^e Gallinaceous Birds, 

 tetraonid^ grouse, partridges, etc. 



89. Canachites canadensis canace, Canada Grouse, Spruce 

 Partridge. Formerly a common if not " abundant permanent 

 resident, but now a rare one. The Mer Bleue, a large bog a few 

 miles east of the city, was formerly a favorite haunt. It probably 

 is still found in some of the densest and most impassable spruce 

 thickets in the district. In the winter of 1908-1909 Mr. E. 

 Bedard saw one in a thicket at the river's edge on the Rifle 

 Range, and Mr. C. H. Young once told me of several he had seen 

 in a woods near Billings' Bridge. 



90. Bonasa umbellus togata, Canadian Ruft'ed Grouse. A 

 common permanent resident. Frequently still found in the small 

 pieces of woodland near the city limits. It should be protected 

 more, otherwise its days will soon be numbered. 



[Lagopus lagopus. Willow Ptarmigan. It is very doubtful 

 v/hether this northern species should have a place in our list. 

 The reference to it in the 1891 list: "One shot on the Gatineau 

 in the winter of 1885-6," refers to the shooting of several at 

 Gracefield, which is far be^^ond the accepted limits of our district. 

 However, having com.e dow^n so far, they may be expected to 

 turn up any winter within our territory.] 



Order Columb.^ Pigeons. 



91. Eciopistes migralorius, Passenger Pigeon. Formerly a 

 common summer resident, but now evidently extinct here. 

 The last positive dates of its occurrence in the district are the 

 following: on June 6th, 1884, an adult male was shot in 

 Cumming's woods; on May 10th and on August 25th, a male 

 was seen in Col. W. White's garden, and on June 25th of the 

 same year a female and one young were shot near McKay's Lake; 



