CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 157 
coast to the north and south of Labrador in spring and fall. 
(Turner.) Only one was procured or seen at Prince of Wales 
Sound, Hudson Strait, in 1885. (Payne.) A summer migrant, 
but rare, at Cow Head, Newfoundland ; an uncommon winter 
resident on the Nova Scotia coast ; not rare on the coast of 
New Brunswick in winter; occasional at Beauport, Montreal, 
and other points on the River St. Lawrence. Occasional at 
Ottawa, Ont.—one taken by Mr. N. Forbes on the Rideau 
River, October 28th, 1885, and another by Mr. G. R. White. The 
same year one specimen was taken at Hamilton, Ont., by Dr. K.C. 
Mcllwraith, and a few others since. It has never been noticed in 
the west, and seems to be solely a northeastern bird. 
BREEDING Noters.—This species breeds so far to the north that 
we can add nothing to what Sir John Richardson said so many 
years ago—that it breeds abundantly on Melville Peninsula and 
the northern shores of Hudson Bay. 
236. Aleutian Sandpiper. 
Tringa couest (RipGw.) HarrLaus. 1883. 
This bird nests throughout the Aleutian chain from the western- 
most island east to the Shumagin group, south of Aliaska. In 
its autumnal wanderings it extends all along the eastern shore of 
Behring Sea and even along the coast of the Arctic Sea. Its 
winter range includes the Aleutian Islands and the coast of 
Kadiak, with the mainland to Sitka and probably farther south. 
(Welson.) This species arrives at St. Michael early in May, and 
is then strictly littoral-maritime, resorting to the larger boulders 
and rocky shelves covered with sea-weed, among which the birds 
search for slugs and other marine worms. (7wruner.) 
BREEDING Notres.—The Aleutian Sandpiper arrives at St. 
Michael early in May of each year and in considerable numbers, 
being generally, on its arrival, in the dark. plumage, which is 
changed for that of summer by the first of June in this locality. 
By the middle of June it is rare tosee one of these birds in the 
winter plumage. On assuming the summer plumage, their habits 
are entirely changed. They build their nests on the dryer places 
of the marshy ground, and are usually seen singly or in pairs. 
The nest is comfortably made of dry grasses and a few feathers, 
placed on a dry tuft of grass, perhaps, surrounded by water. 
