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hollow, with a few straws for lining and w^as raised only a few^ inches 

 above the water. This was in the third week in July, and by the 

 27th of that month the four young ones were hatched and immedi- 

 ately left the nest. {E.T. Seton.) Found several pairs breeding in a 

 marsh near Sidley, B.C., May 13th, 1905. May 28th found a nest 

 with four eggs in a clump of grass under a small willow bush in a wet 

 marsh. Nest made of dry grass. (Spreadborough.) 



In August, 1894, the writer saw a female and young birds of this 

 species in the marsh at St. Patrick Street bridge, Ottawa, Ont. ; 

 early in May, 1890, he found a nest beside a log in a small bog close 

 to the Canadian Pacific railway water-tank at Revelstoke, B.C. 

 The nest was close to the water and any one walking along the 

 railway could see the bird, but she hatched out her young and led 

 them off in safety. Another nest was found in a bog a little south of 

 Donald in the Columbia valley, B.C., in July, 1885; this contained 

 four eggs almost incubated. Breeding at east end of Cypress hills, 

 Sask., on June 24th, 1894. Young ones able to fly. Mr. Fannin 

 writes that the eggs of this species were taken near Enderby, south 

 of Shuswap lake, B.C., May, 1891, by Mr. De Blois Green. 



This species is not particularly numerous in the Anderson river 

 country, as we found comparatively few nests. I may here remark 

 that the nests of all the snipes and sandpipers are much alike in 

 composition, number of eggs, and situation. (Macfarlane.) I found 

 not less than four nests in a couple of hours in the Little Red Deer 

 region, Alta., on June 3rd, 1906. The nests were substantial ones 

 built in the centre of tufts of marsh grass growing around the margin 

 of a small lake. The birds sit so close that I found all the nests by 

 almost stepping on the bird. (Raine.) Breeds everywhere in suit- 

 able places in Manitoba and west to Edmonton, Alta. They 

 evidently breed early as I saw young flying well at Yorkton, Sask.^ 

 July 6th, 1906. (Geo. Atkinson.) 



230.1. Greater Snipe. 



Callinago major (Gmel.) Koch. 1816. 



Accidental in North America. Taken in Hudson bay. {Coues, 

 Auk, Vol. XIV., p. 209, 1897.) 



