182 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
This bird nests on the open prairie and its nest is exceedingly 
hard to find. The male flies towards any intruders and makes 
the air resound with its cries. It is soon joined by other birds 
from a considerable distance, who join in attracting attention by 
their noise and actions. The young are easily found, as at least 
one parent keeps in their vicinity. This species was found breed- 
ing at Wood Mountain in June, 1895, and for 150 miles to the 
west towards the Cypress Hills, upon which numbers were breed- 
ing in 1894. In the summer of 1897 it was found in southern 
Alberta, and was breeding, or rather caring for its young, west of 
Fort McLeod, in the latter part of July. In June, 1880, it was 
found breeding on the dry hills south of Kamloops, B.C. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four specimens. One taken at Fort McLeod, Alta., by Mr. 
A. F. Grant, in 1888; the others by Mr. W. Spreadborough at 
Crane Lake and Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, and at Kam- 
loops, B.C., June 16th, 1880. 
Three eggs taken by Mr. Raine near Rush Lake, Assa., June 
Ist, 1893, and a set taken by Col. Wyndham near Calgary, Alta. 
265. Hudsonian Curlew. 
Numenius hudsonicus LATH. 1790. 
Occasional in Greenland. Abundant in Newfoundland during 
the migrations, but does not breed on this island. An uncommon‘ 
autumn visitor in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Brewster 
saw several large flocks of curlews, which he took to be this 
species, at East Point, Anticosti, on July 7th. Said not to breed 
on that island. it is a scarce migrant in Quebec and rather more 
common in Ontario, but is becoming scarcer according to MclIl- 
wraith. This species is not mentioned by Seton-Thompson in his 
Birds of Mamtoba, nor has the writer seen it in any part of the 
Northwest. It is occasionally seen on the coast of British 
Columbia, but appears to be far from common, only two speci- 
mens having been taken. Hudson Bay and westward along the. 
Arctic coast seem to be its summer haunt. It was common at 
Fort Churchill in 1884, according to Dr. R. Bell; and Herne says 
it was common on the shores of the bay in his time. Macfarlane 
says it is by no means rare on the Barren Grounds, but is more 
