CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 161 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
A pair, taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring, in October, 
1884. 
241. Baird’s Sandpiper. 
Tringa bairdit (CovES) SCLAT. 1867. 
Accidental at Digby, Nova Scotia. Gilpin.) Rare visitor at 
Montreal, one shot out of a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers, 
September 17th, 1892. (Winitle.) Prior to 1886, only one speci- 
men of this species had been recorded in Ontario. One specimen 
was taken on the 23rd of August, 1886, and two more on the Ist 
of September. These fotr are the only specimens known to the 
writer. (Wcellwraith.) 
This isa common migrant in Manitoba and westward to the 
Rocky Mountains. It was first seen at Indian Head, Assa., on 
May goth, 1892, was common by the 16th and disappeared on the 
2nd of June. Rather rare in Alaska, but more common as we 
proceed to the north. Nelson found it at places along the 
Arctic coast, north of Kotzebue Sound and at Point Barrow in 
August, 1881. Brooks found it abundant at Sumas Lake, on 
the Lower Fraser River, B.C., in the fall, but rare in the spring, 
on account of the inundation of their feeding-grounds. Spread- 
borough shot three out of a flock of ten on the 23rd August, 1893, 
on Stubbs Island, west coast of Vancouver Island. Mr. E. An- 
derson took it on Lake Okanagan, B.C., in October, 1897. 
BREEDING Notes.—On the 24th of June, 1864, a nest contain- 
ing four eggs was found in the Barren Grounds in a swampy 
tract between two small lakes. It was composed of a few decay- 
ed leaves, placed ina small cavity in the ground shaded with 
grass. It is very uncommon in the north, though nests were 
discovered. (Macfarlane.) This species arrives at Point Barrow 
about May 30th. After the tundra becomes clear of snow 
it retreats from the beach and is especially to be looked for 
on dry grassy portions of the tundra. It is never very com- 
mon and is always solitary or in pairs. The nest was always 
well hidden in the grass and never placed in marshy ground or 
on the bare black portions of the tundra ; it consists merely of a 
slight depression in the ground, thinly lined with dried grass. All 
the eggs we found were obtained from the last week in June to 
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