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although they occur as both spring and fall migrants in 
British Columbia. 
The Least Sandpiper is a common migrant from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific. 
The Solitary Sandpiper is a summer resident in New 
Brunswick, northern Quebec, the Prairie Provinces, and 
British Columbia. 
The Upland Plover or Bartramian Sandpiper is a bird of 
the open prairie, and is a common summer resident in the 
Prairie Provinces, where its chief breeding-centre is in 
western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. Without the 
complete protection it is now afforded, it was doomed to 
complete extermination at no distant date, owing to the 
excessive destruction it has suffered at the hands of the 
market gunner. With adequate protection the melodious 
call of this bird, as it migrates northward in the spring, 
will continue to please the ears of bird-lovers. 
The Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs may be hunted during 
their fall migration. On the Atlantic coast it is a common 
migrant in spring and fall, and frequents the shores of 
tidal marshes. It is also a common migrant in Quebec, 
Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. In British Co- 
lumbia, it is an abundant resident in the winter along the 
coasts. The lesser yellowlegs is reported to be more abun- 
- dant than the former species. It is found throughout the 
same range and breeds in large numbers in the Barren 
Grounds. 
The Curlews.—The history of the Eskimo curlew resem- 
bles somewhat that of the passenger pigeon. Formerly one 
of our most abundant shore-birds, and although fairly com- 
mon up to 1890, it is now almost extinct. Its disappearance 
has been chiefly due to unrestricted market hunting in the 
United States, particularly during its northward migration 
in the spring. It bred in the northern Barren Grounds, 
and in the fall travelled southward along the Labrador and 
