600 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



70. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitcher, or Red-breasted Snipe. 



Common, chiefly as a migrant in the western part of the province ; 

 Mouse Eiver, at the boundary, possibly breeding ; extremely numerous 

 In September (Coues). Eed River Valley : Summer resident; common 

 west of Brandon; I have shot eighty in four discharges of a gun ; are 

 never seen in eastern Manitoba (Hunter). Winnipeg: Very rare; se- 

 cured three or four near Reaburn ; observed only in August and Sep- 

 tember (Hine). Very abundant at Swan Lake House and Eed Deer 

 Lake, July and August, 1881 (Macoun). 



71. Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 



One specimen procured on the plain north of Qu'Appelle September 

 16, 1880 (Macoun). (This is just west of the province.) Have seen it in 

 August and September on the Assiniboine, near Portage la Prairie, 

 singly or in pairs ; rare (Nash). 



72. Triiiga canutus. Knot. Robin Snipe. 



Migrant. Winnipeg : Tolerably common in the migrations (Hine). I 

 have never seen the Knot along Red River, but have seen large flocks 

 of the species west of Brandon (R. H. Hunter). 



73. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Migrant, chiefly in fall; common in fall migration along line at Turtle 

 Mountain (Coues). Winnipeg: Rare; migrant (Hine). Portage la Prai- 

 rie: Common in the autumn, frequenting the grassy marshes (Nash). 

 Abundant along the route of 1881, also on the Great Plains and North- 

 west (Macoun). Moosejaw (west of Manitoba), July 7 (Miller Christy). 



74. Tringa fuscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Migrant ; not common. Portage la Prairie : Have occasionally taken 

 it in autumn and more rarely in spring (Nash). Shoal Lake (south 

 slope of Eidipg Mountain) and on Duck Mountain, June, 1884 (Thomp- 

 son). 



June 4, 1884, near Shoal Lake, saw a large flock, fifty or sixty ; of 

 White-rumped Sandpipc rs as they flew along the shores of a little pond ; 

 they i^erformed so exactly the same evolutions in close column that the 

 whole flock was entirely dark and silvery, according as they turned 

 their backs or their breasts to me. Five specimens collected, two ^ 

 and three 9 ; all showed sexual organs enlarged ; all very fat ; all had 

 stomachs filled with aquatic insects ; one had a very large larva. 



75. Tringa bairdii. Baiid's Sandpiper. 



Fall migrant ; not very common ; in fall migration one of the most 

 abundant sandpipers; along Mouse River and westward along the 

 line of the Eockies (Coues). Have seen it in the autumn, near Portage 



