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mud-flats which are extensive there, I believe I obtained the 

 Simipalmated Sandpiper. Mr. Ross mentions it on Mackenzie 

 River. 



MiCROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS. 



The Stilt Sandpiper is given in the 'Fauna Bor.-Am.' from 

 the west side of Hudson^s Bay, and also Tringa douglasii, which 

 is probably the same species. Mr. Ross considers it very rare 

 on the Mackenzie. 



Symphemia semipalmata. 



Saskatchawan (Tauna Bor.-Am.^). 



98. Gambetta melanoleuca. 



Besides being included in the 'Fauna Bor.-Am.,' Mr. Murray 

 records it from Hudson's Bay, where I observed the Tell-tale 

 common in August ; thence I found it along the whole route 

 to the Saskatchawan, on the north branch of which it remained in 

 1858 as late as the 28th of October; and my specimen ('Ibis,^ 

 vol. iv. p. 9) was from near Fort Carlton, in spring, where it had 

 arrived by the 18th of April. This bird does not seem to require 

 muddy shores, but appears just as much at home where all is rock. 

 Mr. Ross further extends its range to the Mackenzie, but notes 

 it as rare in that region. 



99. Gambetta flavipes. 



The Yellow-legs is mentioned in the 'Fauna Bor.-Am.' as 

 reaching as high as the northern extremity of the continent. 

 My specimen (' Ibis,' vol. iv. p. 9) was from near Carlton. Mr. 

 Murray records it from Hudson's Bay, and ]\Ir. Ross as abundant 

 on the Mackenzie. 



100. Rhyacophilus solitarius. 



Mr. Ross found this bird common, and usually in large flocks, 

 on the Mackenzie. It is said to breed far north, as well as in 

 the south. Besides my specimen from the Saskatchawan (' Ibis,' 

 vol. iv. p. 9), the ' Fauna Bor.-Am.' records one from Great Bear 

 Lake, under the name of Totanus chloropygus, Totanus calidris 

 of Europe is also therein given from a specimen in the British 

 Museum, supposed to be from Hudson's Bay, as also T. ochropus ; 

 but neither of these is included in Professor Baird's Report on 

 the Birds of N. America. 



