162 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
the first of July, a trifle later than the other waders. (Murdoch.) 
There is no doubt that the breeding-ground of this species 
extends from the west side of Hudson Bay along the Arctic coast 
to Point Barrow. Spreadborough saw three on a small island in 
James Bay on June 16th, 1896, and believes they were breeding. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine specimens ; seven taken at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 
1892, and two on Stubbs Island, west coast of Vancouver Island, 
August 23rd, 1893, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
242. Least Sandpiper. 
Tringa minutilla NIEILL. 1819. 
One shot in the spring of 1867 on Noursoak Peninsula, Green- 
land. (Arct. Man.) One taken at Disco Fjord, 1878. (Winge.) 
A common summer migrant along the whole Atlantic coast, 
including the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and doubtless breeds in 
small numbers in eastern and northern Labrador as well as 
on Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands. It is a common migrant 
in Quebec and Ontario, and extends as a migrant across the con- 
tinent to the Pacific coast, where it was seen in large flocks on 
Stubbs Island, west of Vancouver Island, 1893. It is also found in 
the interior of Alaska, and may be said to bea bird of general dis- 
tribution, although very little is known of its breeding habits. 
Mr. Dippie collected specimens at Reaburn, Man., on June 15th, 
1893, and believes a few pairs breed there. 
BREEDING Notres.—Audubon, Vol. V., p. 282, states that he 
found the nest and eggs July 20th, 1833, in Labrador. Turner 
believes that a few pairs breed at the mouth of the Koksoak 
River, Ungava Bay. Spreadborough believes it breeds in James 
Bay and at Indian Head, Assa. Dr. Coues suspects that it breeds 
at Turtle Mountain, on the boundary of Manitoba. The writer 
found young birds on Anticosti, near Southwest Point, in August, 
1883, and very young birds at the east end of the Cypress Hills, 
Assa., on August 2nd,1880. One nest was taken on Sable Island 
last summer (1899) by Mr. Boutillier, superintendent of life-saving 
stations. 
This species was found breeding abundantly at Fort Anderson, 
on the borders of, as well as in, the Barren Grounds, and on the 
