a BIRDS OF ONTARIO, 23 
Genus HELODROMAS. 
105. Solitary Sandpiper. 
(Helodromas solitarius.) 
Generally distributed throughout the Province but nowhere 
abundant. 
Dr. C. K. Clarke of Kingston has found this bird breeding near 
that town, and, no doubt, it regularly breeds in the interior of the 
Province. 
As I have never found it in the spring I cannot give the date of 
its arrival. In July it may be found along the margins of our streams 
or upon muddy flats in the marshes, it departs about the end of Sep- 
tember. 
Genus SYMPHEMIA. 
106 Willet. 
(Symphemia semipalmata. ) 
A rare visitor. 
Genus PAVONCELLA. 
107. Ruff. 
(Pavoncella pugnax.) 
A specimen of this European bird in some way wandered to 
Toronto and was taken there in 1882. There are a few other records 
of its occurrence in America, but it can only be regarded as a straggler 
on this continent. 
Genus BARTRAMIA. 
108. Bartramian Sandpiper. (Upland Plover ) 
(Bartramia longicauda.) 
This is a bird of the prairie and is of rare and local occurrence 
here. I have found it breeding in the Counties of Brant and Norfolk, 
and Dr. C. K. Clarke reports it as regularly nesting near Kingston. 
Genus TRYNGITES. 
109. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
(Tryngites subruficollis.) 
A rather rare and irregular autumn visitor in Ontario. IJ have 
usually found it in August. 
Mr. McI wraith on the authority of Dr. Macallum records the dis- 
covery of a nest and eggs of this species near Dunnville. 
