482 Mr. C. B. Horsbmgh on the Birds of Alix, [Ibis, 



Macro rhamphus griseus griseus. Dowttcher. Cook 

 brought me the skin of a Dowitcher shot at Buffalo Lake 

 on 22 August, 1915. During the following season most of 

 the Waders were scarce, and 1 have no further notes of this 

 species, which I have not personally seen. 



Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. I saw about half- 

 a-dozen near Brindle's house, Buffalo Lake, on 15 August, 

 1915, feeding in company with a few pairs of Killdeer and 

 Greater and Lesser Yellow-Iegs. 



Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow- legs. I received 

 a Greater Yellow-legs on 26 September, 1915, from Mr. W. 

 Pettet, of Alix. Throughout the season, particularly during 

 the earlier months, this species was fairly frequently observed 

 and occasionally the Yellow-legs {Totanus flavipes) was met 

 with both in the vicinity of the village and Buffalo Lake. 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus. Western 

 Willet. This species yearly frequents Buffalo Lake and 

 its neighbourhood in small numbers, and I saw two 

 pairs on 25 May, 1915. On the 30th of the same month, 

 whilst driving to his home with Cook, we noticed a 

 Crow flying over a grassy meadow near the lake closely 

 pursued by a Willet. We at once proceeded to search 

 for a nest, and wasted almost an hour before I accidentally 

 discovered it. The female had placed it close to a whitened 

 (shoulder-blade) bone of a buffalo, and but for this error 

 my eye would not have been led to the spot. So close 

 did she sit that, after calling up Cook, the bird actually 

 allowed me to lift her off her four beautiful eggs. Cook 

 informed me that for many years he had sought the 

 eggs of this species, but had never experienced my luck. 

 We let the poor bird escape, after photographing the 

 nesting-site. 



Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. I noticed a pair 

 of Upland Plover near Cook^s house, on the ploughed lands, 

 on 27 May, 1915. 



