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could never find any nests. Mr. Dippie writes me that he believes 

 they were breeding at Reaburn, Man., in June, 1893, and at Buffalo 

 lake, Alberta, in July, 1896. On the 15th June, 1897, about 30 

 miles from Calgary, Alberta, the writer came upon a small flock at a 

 grassy pond in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, and from the 

 actions of the birds it seems certain they were breeding, but no 

 nests were found. 



CVI. HELODROMAS Kaup. 1829. 



256. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Helodromas solitarius (WiLS.) Sharpe. 1S96. 

 A migrant in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, though perhaps 

 breeding in Nova Scotia. 



Common summer resident in New Brunswick. ^Ir. Banks took 

 a nest at Lily lake in June, 1880. {Chamberlain.) The writer saw 

 several pairs, which were evidently breeding, in July, 1888, along 

 Black River, Prince Edward island. Brittain and Cox found this 

 bird in the valley of the Restigouche, N.B., in summer, evidently 

 breeding. Mr. J. M. Macoun found it a common summer resident 

 at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec, in 1885. In other parts of 

 Quebec it is reported as a migrant. Spreadborough reports seeing 

 one individual on the east coast of James bay. It is recorded as 

 a summer resident at Ottawa, Ont. Regular migrant at Toronto, 

 Ont., local and not very common. Recorded by many observ^ers 

 in eastern Ontario and northwesterly across the province. 



In Manitoba, Hine and Nash — both close observ^ers — state that 

 this bird breeds there and is abundant. Mr Spreadborough only 

 saw a straggler at Indian Head, Sask., in the spring of 1892. In 

 the spring of 1897, he saw numbers at Edmonton, Alta., on the 

 borders of bogs, and as they took to the trees he believed they were 

 breeding. He also found them breeding at Jasper lake, Alta., in 

 July, 1898, and between Lesser Slave lake and Peace river Landing, 

 in 1903. While making a traverse of the northern part of Labrador 

 on July, 24th, 1896, he shot a specimen from the top of a spruce 

 tree near a peat bog close to Seal lake; none were seen after this. 

 Bernard Ross says that it extends as far north as Fort Simpson 

 on the Mackenzie river. Macfarlane does not mention it, but Sir 

 John Richardson says it has been shot as far north as lat. 64° 30'. 



