CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 167 
Sea, in the vicinity of St. Michael and the Yukon mouth. It 
frequents the Arctic coasts of Alaska in addition to being found 
throughout the interior along streams where suitable flats occur. 
(Nelson.) Abundant in all the Aleutian Islands and at St. Michael 
outnumbers all other waders. (Zzrner.) A male taken at Ducks, 
near Kamloops, B.C., August 22nd, 1889. (Séreator.) An abun- 
dant resident; it is found throughout the year at Victoria, 
Vancouver Island. (/annin.) Abundant in the fall at Sumas 
Lake, in the Lower Fraser valley. (Svooks.) 
BREEDING Notes.—This species arrives at St. Michael by the 
middle of May. About the first of June it begins to build its 
nest among the dry mosses found on the low grounds. The nest 
is only a slight depression in the moss, containing a few feathers. 
Four or five eggs are laid. The male assists in incubating, as the 
first specimen which I obtained fluttered from the nest as if it were 
wounded. His fluttering wings, low piping note, and limping gait 
caused me to detect the nest almost at my feet. (7wrner.) By the 
Ist of June, and earlier in some seasons, they have eggs, and in one 
instance young were found as early as June 7th. Their nests are 
usually on the drier part of the tundra, generally on a mossy 
hummock or slight swell. A sheltering bunch of dwarf willow 
or a few grass stems, in a tuft, form a favorite cover. The eggs 
are sometimes placed on a thin layer of dead grass-stems, or 
willow leaves, loosely arranged, but very commonly the mat of 
dry grass or willow leaves afforded by the spot chosen serves as 
the nest without special arrangement. (/Ve/son.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two specimens—a male and female, both taken on Stubbs 
Island, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, August 29th, 1893, 
by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
LXXXVII. CALIDRIS Cuvier. 1799-1800. 
248. Sanderling. 
Calidris arenaria Linn.) LEACH. I816. 
Scarce, and said not to breed further south in Greenland than 
Lat 68°, but the young have been obtained at Godthaab ; breeds 
at Sabine Island and Parry Islands. (Arct. Wan.) Winge reports 
it from several localities in Greenland. It is said to be a much 
commoner migrant in the autumn than in the spring on the 
