168 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
whole Atlantic coast, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec and 
Ontario along the rivers and lakes. It is alsoa common migrant 
in Manitoba. It was found there as late as June 12th, 1881, on 
the shore of Lake Manitoba by the writer, and in the autumn as 
early as the beginning of August by Nash fide Seton-Thompson. 
It doubtless breeds on Lake Manitoba or Lake Winnipegoosis in 
small numbers. It has seldom been noticed by us further west 
than Indian Head, Assa., and it was rare here in the spring of 
1892, and at Thirty-mile Spring, near Wood Mountain, Assa., June 
3rd, 1895. 
It occurs all around Hudson Bay and along the Arctic coast, 
being recorded by Ross, Richardson and Macfarlane. Neither 
Nelson, Murdoch nor Turner found it in Alaska, but Dall says it 
is very common at Nulato, and on the Yukon to the sea. Speci- 
mens have, however, been taken at Sitka, in Alaska, and it has 
been taken at Port Simpson, British Columbia. Brooks says it is 
rare in the lower valley of the Fraser. 
BREEDING Notes.—This bird breeds on the coast of Hudson 
Bay as low as the 55th parallel. Mr. Hutchins informs us that 
it makes its nest in the marshes rudely of grass, and lays four 
dusky-colored eggs spotted with black, incubation commencing 
in the middle of June. It feeds on marine insects. (2chardson.) 
On June 29th, 1863, we discovered a nest of this species (the only 
one at the time known to naturalists) on the Barren Grounds, 
about ten miles west of Franklin Bay. The nest was composed 
of withered hay and leaves placed in a small depression in the 
ground. It contained four eggs which were quite fresh. (Mac- 
farlane.) Parry found them breeding on the North Georgian 
Islands. and they undoubtedly breed along the barren Arctic 
coast east of Point Barrow. (JVelson.) Mr. W. Spreadborough 
observed a pair ona small island in James Bay on the 16th of 
June, 1896, which were doubtless breeding. As the mouth of the 
Severn River, where Hutchins found it breeding, is 500 miles to 
the north-west, this bird probably breeds on the west and south 
shores of Hudson Bay and on some of the large interior lakes. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four specimens ; one taken in Toronto by Mr.S. Herring, two 
at Indian Head, Assa.,in May, 1892, and the fourth at Thirty-mile 
Spring, near Wood Mountain, June 3rd, 1895, by Mr. W. Spread- 
borough. 
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