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Reaburn, Man., in June, 1893, and at Buffalo Lake, Alberta, in 
July, 1896. On the 15th June, 1897, about 30 miles from Calgary, 
Alberta, the writer came upon a small flock at a grassy pond in 
the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and from the actions of 
the birds it seems certain they were breeding, but no nests were 
found. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven specimens ; one taken near Toronto, in 1865, purchased 
with the Holman collection. Mr. W. Spreadborough took four 
at Indian Head Assa., in May, 1892, and two: at Edmonton, 
Alberta, in May, 1897. 
One set of eggs, taken at Fort George, James Bay, in June, 
1888, by Mr. Miles Spencer. 
XC. HELODROMAS Kavp. 1829. 
256. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Flelodromas solitarius (WILS.) SHARPE. 1896. 
A migrant in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 
A common summer resident in New Brunswick. Mr. Banks 
took a nest at Lily Lake in June, 1880. (Chamberlain.) The 
writer saw several pairs, which were evidently breeding, in July, 
1888, along Black River, Prince Edward Island. Brittain and 
Cox found this bird in the valley of the Restigouche, N.B., in 
summer, evidently breeding. Mr. J. M. Macoun found it a com- 
mon summer resident at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec, in 
1885. In other parts of Quebec it is reported as a migrant. It 
is recorded as a summer resident at Ottawa, and is known to 
breed in the vicinity. There is still doubt regarding its occur- 
rence in summer in western Ontario, and observers there are 
asked to procure its eggs if possible 
In Manitoba, Hine and Nash—both close observers— state that 
this bird breeds there and is abundant. Mr. Spreadborough only 
saw a straggler at Indian Head, Assa., in the spring of 1892. Inthe 
spring of 1897 he saw numbers at Edmonton, Alta, on the borders 
of bogs, and as they took to the trees he believed they were breed- 
ing. He also found them breeding at Jasper Lake, Alta., in July, 
1898. While making a traverse of the northern part of Labrador 
on July 24th, 1896, he shot a specimen from the top of a spruce 
