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been found breeding on Melville Peninsula and Parry Islands. 
(Arct. Man.) A migrant in Newfoundland ; a rare winter visitant 
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Rare in Quebec and 
Ontario. On the 4th June, 1890, Mr. Ernest White, of Ottawa, 
Ont., obtained eight specimens out of a flock of about seventy, 
but, strange to say, it has never been taken since. <A few 
specimens are recorded from Hamilton, Ont., by Mr. McIlwraith. 
Dr. Coues records taking a few specimens in immature plumage 
at Henley Harbour, Labrador, in 1860. A tolerably common 
migrant in Manitoba but rare farther west. It is common 
in summer along the shores of the Arctic Sea and on the 
islands to the north. In Alaska it is common in some localities 
and rare in others. According to Fannin it is abundant along 
the coast of British Columbia during migration. 
BREEDING Nores.—The Knot breeds on Melville Peninsula and 
in other parts of Arctic America, and also in Hudson Bay, down 
to Lat. 58°. It lays four eggs in-a withered’ tuit of @rass: 
( Richardson.) 
Major Henry W. Feilden, naturalist to the Nares Arctic Expe- 
dition, says he was not so fortunate as to obtain the eggs of the 
Knot during his stay in the Polar regions, though it breeds in 
some numbers along the shores of Smith Sound and the north 
coast of Grinnell Land. On July 30th, 1876, however, three sea- 
men walking by the border of a small lake, not far from the ship, 
came upon an old bird accompanied by three nestlings, which 
they brought to Mr. Feilden. Lieut. A. W. Greely, U.S.A., com- 
mander of the late expedition to Lady Franklin Sound, succeeded 
in obtaining the long-sought-for egg of this species. The specimen 
of the bird and egg were obtained in the vicinity of ‘‘ Fort Conger,” 
Lat. 81° 44’ N. The egg was ofa light pea-green colour, closely 
spotted with brown in small specks about the size of a pin’s head. 
(The Auk, vol. I, pp. 312-313.) 
235. Purple Sandpiper. 
Tringa maritima BRUNN. 1764. 
Occurs in winter off the coast of Greenland, if the sea be open ; 
breeds on Melville Peninsula and west side of Davis Strait. 
(Arct. Man.) Common in winter, and a few breed at Ivigtut, 
Greenland. (Hagerup.) This species abounds on the Atlantic 
