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son bay and northwesterly along the shores of the Arctic sea to the 

 mouth of the Mackenzie river. 



Breeding Notes. — Several nests of this sandpiper were taken 

 on, or near, the Arctic coast of Franklin bay. One taken July 3rd 

 containing four eggs with very large embryos. Another discovered 

 on the following day held but three eggs. A third found in the 

 Barren Grounds on the 29th June was, like the rest, a shallow 

 depression in the ground, lined with a few decayed leaves, contain- 

 ing four eggs, also having very large embryos. A fourth, on the 

 banks of a small river, held four eggs. (Macfarlanc.) Breeds in 

 swampy ground around Fullerton, Hudson bay. (.4. P. Low.) 

 This bird is a common summer resident on Herschell island. It 

 lays four eggs in a hollow in the moss about the middle of June, 

 selecting the higher parts of the island where a reddish kind of moss 

 grows and as the eggs are spotted with reddish brow^i they greatly 

 resemble the moss on which they are laid. (Raine.) 



241. Baird Sandpiper. 



Actodromas hairdii Coues. 1861. 



Accidental at Digby, Nova Scotia, {(jilpin.) Migrant in Nova 

 Scotia. {H. F. Tufts.) Rare visitor at Montreal, one shot out 

 of a flock of semi-palmated sandpipers, September 17th, 1S92. 

 (Wintle.) Prior to 1886, only one specimen of this species had been 

 recorded in Ontario. One specimen was taken on the 23rd of 

 August, 1886, and two more on the ist of September. These four 

 are the only specimens known to the writer. {Mcllwraith.) One 

 specimen taken on the Rideau river close to Ottawa, Ont. {Geo. 

 White.) Regular fall migrant at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 A regular though rare migrant in southwestern Ontario. {W. 

 Saunders.) 



This is a common migrant in Manitoba and westward to the 

 Rocky mountains. Spreadborough saw two in a small marsh at 

 Grand prairie, Atha., in 1903. It was first seen at Indian Head, 

 Sask., on May 9th, 1892, was common by the i6th and disappeared 

 on the 2nd of June. Rather rare in Alaska, but more common as 

 we proceed to the north. Nelson found it at places along the Arctic 

 coast, north of Kotzebue sound and at Point Barrow in August, 

 1 88 1. Brooks found it abundant at Sumas lake, on the lower 



