20 CHECK LIST OF THE 
An accidental visitor from the western prairies. 
Famity SCOLOPACIDA. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 
tENUS PHILOHELA. 
88. Woodcock. (American Wocdcock.) 
(Philohela minor.) 
Formerly an abundant summer resident of our swampy woods; 
but now becoming scarce. breeds throughout its range. 
Arrives about the end of March and departs in November, usually 
remaining until the first severe frost. 
GENUS GALLINAGO. 
89 Wilson’s Snipe. 
(Gallinago delicata ) 
Abundant in spring and autumn in Southern Ontario, the majority 
going north to breed. Some few, however, raise their young in all the 
larger marshes throughout the ‘Province from our southern border 
northward. 
The first arrivals in spring generally appear before the end of 
March, and in the autumn the last stragglers remain until the marshes 
freeze up. 
Genus MACRORHAMPHUS. 
90. Dowitcher. 
(Macrorhamphus griseus.) 
A rather rare spring and autumn visitor. 
Genus MICROPALAMA. 
91. Stilt Sandpiper. 
(Micropalama himantopus. ) 
A rare visitor, most frequently met with in summer. I have 
taken several, most of them in July and August. 
GENus TRINGA. 
SuBpGENUS TRINGA. 
92 Knot. 
(Tringa canutus.) 
In the neighbourhood of Toronto and Hamilton I have found this 
species abundant from the twenty-fifth of May to the end of the first 
week in June. In the autumn it is seldom seen. Two or three times 
I have taken specimens in immature plumage in August, but that is all. 
