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(Nash). Carberry: Common migrant in Angust (Thompson); abun- 

 dant about all pools in the fall, along the route of 1881 (Maeoun). Shell 

 river: 1885, first seen, three, on April 24; transient visitor, only pass- 

 ing north, and not remaining any time or breeding (Calcutt). Qu'Ap- 

 pelle: Common migrant ; May 5 (Guernsey). Severn House (Murray). 



84. Totanus solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Chiefly in migrations; probably breeding; in abundance in autumn 

 migration. Turtle Mountain, and Mouse Eiver at the boundary (Coues). 

 Winnipeg: Summer resident ; abundant (Hine). Portage la Prairie: 

 Tolerably common, and I think that some breed, though I have not found 

 the nest; arrives about May 15 ; reappeais about 1st August; departs 

 in September (Nash). Frequent throughout the Winnepegosis region 

 along the route of 1881 ; breeding, for young were observed July 20, 

 feathered, but with some down yet (Maeoun). Carberry and Portage 

 la Prairie; in late summer migration (Thompson). 



September 16, 1884, at Portage la Prairie, shot a solitary sandpiper. 



On July 10, 18S4, I shot :i specimen of the solitary sandpiper {Rliyacophiliis sol- 

 itarius) at Maple Creek, 597 miles west of Winnipeg; it was doubtless breeding. In 

 the dry bed of the creek I also caught a nestling bird, which was probably of this 

 species. (Christy.) 



85. Symphemia semipalmata. Willet. 



Tolerably common summer resident in the south and west, at various 

 points along the line from Red River to the Rockies (Coues). Souris 

 Plain, near Turtle Mountain : Nesting, near Shoal Lake in June (Thomp- 

 son). Common around saline ponds on the western plain and on the 

 east side of Moose Mountain, July 29, 1880 (Maeoun). 



On May 23, 1883, on the Alkali Plain, north of Turtle Mountain 

 land office, started a willet from her nest, which was placed in a slight 

 hollow, shaded on one side by the skull of a buffalo and on the other 

 by a tuft of grass. It contained four eggs, each of which measured 

 2^ by 1^ inches, ground color, dark olive brown, with heavy, round 

 dark spots of brown and purple, evenly distributed, without any 

 approach to a rind about the large end. 



86. Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. Prairie Plover. Quaily. 



Abundant summer resident on the dry prairies ; extremely abundant 

 over the Red River prairies, along the boundary. Turtle Mountain, 

 Mouse River; breeding (Coues). Winnipeg: Summer resident; com- 

 mon (Hine). Breeding at Selkirk Settlement (D. Gunn). Portage la 

 Prairie : Abundant summer resident from early in May to about August 

 10 (Nash). Abundant in the prairies from Grand Valley and westward ; 

 not seen in the forest region (Maeoun). Carberry : Abundant summer 

 resident; breeding ; in all the prairie regions to Brandon, and south to 

 Turtle Mountain, also from Carberrv northwestward to Fort Ellice 



