^lDO? 111 ] Fleming, Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 451 



city; Mr. George Pierce took full grown young in July or August of that 

 year. There are no recent records. 



103. Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — Regu- 

 lar fall migrant, rare, September 1 to October 4. 



104. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Common summer 

 resident, April 23 to October 3; earliest nest May 14, latest June 16. 



105. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — Regular mi- 

 grant, not uncommon, May 27 to June 2; the old birds return early in July 

 (July 4, 1904, July 17, 1906), and the young from September 1 to 15, but 

 are very rare. 



106. Numenius borealis. Eskimo Curlew. — There are two speci- 

 mens, said to have been taken on Toronto Island in 1864, in the museum 

 of the Geological Survey at Ottawa; the authority is Mr. S. Herring, who 

 mounted the birds. The Eskimo Curlew can never have been more than 

 accidental on Lake Ontario. I have carefully examined all the material 

 available, and have so far found only two more records, one in the 

 Mcllwraith collection taken at Hamilton, 1 I think an adult; the other was 

 taken at Wolf Island, near Kingston, Ont., October 10, 1873, and is marked 

 "female." I think is it a young bird; it is now in the British .Museum. 



107. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — Regular 

 migrant, fairly common, May 22 to June 2; returning in July (July 23, 

 1890). Of two females taken in August, 1891, one, on the 28th, is adult, the 

 other, on the 31st, is a young bird. Young birds taken at Hamilton from 

 August 9 to September 5, are in my collection; Mr. Nash gives the 

 latest dates as September 15, 1898, and October 17, 1895. 



108. Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. — Fall 

 migrant, rare; said to have been formally abundant at irregular intervals. 

 Mr. Wm. Loan describes a flight that occurred about 1887, when thousands 

 of birds assembled on the eastern sandbar at night, and returned to the 

 open fields at daybreak. I have no records between 1898 and 1905, when 

 five young birds were taken on September 27. Old birds in changing 

 plumage occur from August 25 to September 15, young from September 

 16 to 27; there are some records as late as November 9, but I have not 

 seen these birds. 



109. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — Summer resident, not un- 

 common, April 6 to October 24; earliest March 25, 1891. Breeding records, 

 June 3 and 18, full sets. Killdeer are very abundant and widely distrib- 

 uted during migrations. 



110. -flSgiab'tis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — Common 

 migrant, May 12 to June 2 (latest June 6, 1895); Mr. Nash has records of 

 adults July 5, 1890, and July 23, 1891; the young arrive in August (August 

 24 to 29). Latest records, September 10, 1892, and October 26, 1895. 



111. .ffigialitis meloda. Piping Plover. — Regular migrant, not 

 very common, May 16 to 24 (earliest May 1, 1891); and June 20 to 25. 



Curiously enough all the old specimens in local collections are referable 



i Mcllwraith, Birds of Ontario, 1894, 160. 



