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near Arctic coast. (Macfarlane.) 1 met with this species on the 
Magdalen Islands, and was successful in finding its nest there on 
June 22nd, 1897. We were driving along the edge of the sand- 
hills, towards East Cape, on that date. When passing a grassy 
flat near salt water, a bird of this species rose into the air. I hid 
myself, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing the bird alight 
in a dry place in the salt meadow I at once walked almost to 
the nest, and the bird fluttered away from the four eggs at my 
feet. They lay with the pointed ends together in a small nest of 
dried grass, slightly concealed. Incubation had progressed 
about a week. I noticed a small flock of these birds at the 
Magdalen Islands on July Ist, 1897. They were running about, 
among bunches of sea-weed, feeding. It occurred to me these 
were possibly non-breeding birds, or else males, the females nest- 
ing in the neighbouring bog. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Six specimens, taken at widely separated localities. Three, 
at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892 ; two on Stubbs Island, off 
the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., August, 1893,by Mr. W. 
Spreadborough ; and one on Unimak Island, Behring Sea, by 
Mr. J. M. Macoun, in August, 1801. 
242.1. Long-toed Stint. 
Tringa damacensis (HORSF.) SWINH. 1863. 
Asia, breeding toward Arctic coast; accidental on Otter Island, 
Behring, Sea, Alaska. (A..0. U. Lest.) 
243. Dunlin. 
Tringa alpina LINN. 1758. 
Bird of passage. Taken occasionally in Greenland. (Winge.) 
Accidental in eastern North America, west side of Hudson Bay. 
CA5. 0. U. List!) 
243a. Red-backed Sandpiper. 
Tringa alpina pacifica (Cours) A. O.U. List. 1886. 
A rare migrant along the Atlantic coast but commoner in 
Quebec and Ontario. According to Seton-Thompson it is tolerably 
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