CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 1 79 



C. EROLIA ViEiLLOT. 1816. 



244. Curlew Sandpiper. 



Erolia jerruginea (Brunn.) A.O.U. Committee. 1903. 



Occasional in eastern North America and Alaska. 



Very rare in Nova Scotia. One purchased on Halifax market. 

 (Downs.) Seen at Halifax, N.S. in October, 1864. (Gilpin.) I had 

 the good fortune to capture a male in full breeding plumage, the 

 only one seen, at Point Barrow, on June 6th, 1883. It was in com- 

 pany with a good sized flock of Tringa maculata. (Murdoch.) 



Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto, Ontario writes that Mr. Ernest 

 T. Seton identified a specimen in the old Toronto Gun Club as this 

 species. The bird was taken at Toronto. 



CI. EURYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 1821. 



245. Spoon-bill Sandpiper, 



Eurynorhynchus pygmceus (Linn.) Pearson. 1836. 



Accidental on the coast of Alaska. The presence of this little 

 sandpiper in the list of birds of Alaska is due to the capture of a 

 single specimen at Chloris peninsula, during the summer of 1 849 by 

 the captain of the British ship Plover. Chloris peninsula is a sandy 

 spit which extends out into the head of Kotzebue sound and is 

 covered with pools of water. (Nelson.) 



CII. EREUNETES Illiger. 1811. 



246. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.) Cass. i860. 



A common fall migrant along the whole Atlantic coast and Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence. In Quebec and Ontario it is equally abundant as 

 a migrant, and also in Manitoba and westward, at least as far as the 

 Rocky mountains. 



In the spring of 1892 Mr. W. Spreadborough found the first birds 

 at Indian Head, Sask., on May i6th. He remained there until 

 July ist and they were still there, so that he believes thev breed 



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