CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 165 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One specimen taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. 
244. Curlew Sandpiper. 
Tringa ferruginea BRUNN. 1764. 
Occasional in Eastern North America and Alaska. 
Very rare in Nova Scotia One purchased on Halifax market. 
(Downs.) Seen at Halifax in October 1864. (Gil/pfin.) I had the 
good fortune to capture a male in full breeding plumage, the 
only one seen, at Point Barrow, on June 6th, 1883. It was in com- 
pany with a good sized flock of 77inga maculata. (Murdoch.) 
Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto, Ontario writes that Mr. Ernest 
Seton-Thompson identified a specimen in the old Toronto Gun 
Club as this species. The bird was taken at Toronto. 
LXXXV. EURYNORHYNCHUS Nitsson. 1821. 
245. Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 
Eurynorhynchus pygm@us (LINN.) PEARSON, 1830. 
Accidental on the coast of Alaska. The presence of this 
little Sandpiper in the list of Birds of Alaska is due to the cap- 
ture of a single specimen at Chloris Peninsula, during the sum. 
mer of 1849 by the captain of the British ship Plover. Chloris 
Peninsula is a sandy spit which extends out into the head of 
Kotzebue Sound and is covered with pools of water. (Ve/son.) 
LXXXVI. BREUNETES ILticer. 181). 
246. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
Ereunetes pusillus (LINN.) Cass. 1860. 
A common fall migrant along the whole Atlantic coast and 
Gulf of St. Lawrence. In Quebec and Ontario it is equally abun- 
dant as a migrant, and also in Manitoba and westward, at least 
as far as the Rocky Mountains. 
In the spring of 1892 Mr. W. Spreadborough found the first 
birds at Indian Head, Assa., on May 16th. He remained there 
until July Ist and they were still there, so that he believes they 
breed there. On May 25th, 1895, a pair was seen at a pool on 
the prairie near Old Wives Lake and later, on June 6th, a large 
