180 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
The nest described by Dr. Macallum in MclIlwraith’s Bords of 
Ontario as of this species, is evidently referable to the next. 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One specimen, purchased with the Holman collection, Said to 
have been taken at Toronto, Ont. 
XCVI. ACTITIS ILLIGER. 1811. 
263. Spotted Sandpiper. 
Actitis macularia (LINN.) NAUMANN. 1836. 
This is a common species in Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova 
Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and 
Ontario. In all these provinces it breeds, either by the sea, 
shores of lakes or banks of rivers, but never in colonies. Seldom 
more than one pair is found in the same place. 
From Manitoba to the Pacific it is found breeding in suitable 
situations, both in the mountains and on the plains. According 
to Ross and Macfarline it extends almost to the Arctic Sea, 
being common on the Barren Grounds and in the Mackenzie 
River valley. Only a few specimens have been taken in Alaska, 
along the Yukon, but there is no reason why it should not breed 
there. 
BreEDING Nores.—Found breeding from Muskoka, Ont., to 
Victoria, Vancouver Island, and northeast to Ungava, in Labra- 
dor. Nest, a hole in the ground lined with grass, and placed 
beneath a tuft of old grass or small bush, always near water. 
The young leave the nest as soon as hatched. (Spreadborough.) 
This species, besides breeding inland in all suitable places, is 
especially common near the St. Lawrence River. I have found 
numbers of their nests in June along the gravel bar at the foot of 
Amherst Island, Lake Ontario ; also on the small islands down 
the river. They usually construct a nest in a bunch of weeds, of 
dried grass, chips or anything to hand, concealing it well. I 
have found the nest twice in a field of grain, away from water 
and once under a bush among trees on an island ina lake. The 
first eggs are usually laid about the 20th May, but are occasionally 
met with as late as July Ist. I met with this bird frequently 
breeding in the Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and 
