170 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
any invasion of its territory. Its nest was not found, but Dall 
informs us that it lays two light olivaceous spotted eggs in a 
rounded depression in a sedge tussock, lined with dry grass. 
(Nelson,) 
251. Hudsonian Godwit. 
Limosa hemastica (LINN.) COovuEs. 1874. 
This species is a common migrant in spring and fall in New- 
foundland ; an autumn migrant in Nova Scotia; occasionally in 
both spring and fall in New Brunswick; rather rare in Quebec 
but more so in Ontario. Its line of migration is from the Atlantic 
coast to Hudson Bay, as it is frequently taken at Churchill and 
York Factory. It is rare in Manitoba and Assiniboia, and none 
remain to breed. It was first seen by Spreadborough at Indian 
Head, Assa., on May 11th, 1892, afterwards a few stragglers 
passed north but none remained. Richardson says this species 
breeds abundantly on the Barren Grounds and on the shores of 
the Arctic Sea and migrates southward in the autumn. 
One single specimen from Nulato and two from the Yukon 
mouth are all the records we have of the occurrence of this 
species in Behring Sea. A few have been taken in other parts of 
Alaska but only as stragglers. (/Ve/son.) 
BREEDING Notes.—This species is not very common on the 
Barren Grounds, although several nests were taken near the post 
on the Lower Anderson River. The nests were all mere depres- 
sions or small holes scooped in the earth, thinly lined with 
decayed leaves, and in almost every instance they contained four 
eggs. (Macfarline.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One specimen taken on Toronto Island in 1865, purchased with 
the Holman collection, and two taken by Mr. W. Spreadborough 
at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892. 
252. Black-tailed Godwit. 
Limosa limosa (LinN.) Ripew. 1885. 
Occasional in Greenland.—Winge. 
