150 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Many eggs; one set taken by Mr. J. B. Tyrrell at Sounding 
Lake, Alta., in June, 1886. All the others were taken at Crane 
Lake, Assa., by Mr. W. Spreadborough, on June goth, 1894. 
Famity XXI. SCOLOPACIDA® Snipes, SanppiprErs, &c. 
LXXXV. SCOLOPAX Linnaeus. 1758. 
227. European Woodcock. 
Scolopax rusticola LINN. 1758. 
A single specimen is said to have been killed in the neighbour- 
hood of St. Johns, Newfoundland, in January, 1862. (Reeks.) A 
specimen was shot at Chambly, Quebec, on the 11th November, 
1882, by a French Canadian, and was secured by Mr. Brock 
Willett. Itwassent tothe late Mr. William Couper to be stuffed, 
who recorded its occurrence in the Canadian Sportsman and Natu- 
valist. (Wintle.) 
LXXXVI. PHILOHELA Gray. 1841. 
228. American Woodcock. 
Phitohela minor (GMEL.) GRAY. 1841. 
Several persons stated they had killed Woodcock on the east- 
ern shores of Labrador. (Packard.) 
This species is common in Nova Scotia and breeds early in 
spring Downs.) Anabundant summer resident in New Bruns- 
wick where it also breeds. (Chamberlain.) Found breeding at 
Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, August 17th, 1888 ; common 
in Quebec and Eastern Ontario, but more abundant in the western 
part of the province. It breeds throughout its range. Not so 
common as formerly in most parts of Ontario. 
This species is a rare summer resident in Manitoba, and pro- 
bably does not extend farther west than Brandon, as no specimens 
have ever been seen or recorded beyond that place—150 miles 
west of Winnipeg. 
BREEDING Notes.—A pair nested in a field near Bracebridge, 
Muskoka, Ont., a few years since, but the species is rare in this 
district. (Spreadborough.) It is becoming scarcer every year in 
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