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An accidental visitor from the western prairies. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 

 Genus PHILOHELA. 



88 Woodcock. (American Wocdcock.) 



(Philohela minor.) 



Formerly an abundant summer resident of our swampy woods> 

 but now becoming scarce. Breeds throughout its range. 



Arrives about the end of March and departs in November, usually 

 remaining until the first severe frost. 



Genus GALLINAGO. 



89 Wilson's Snipe. 



(Gallinago delicata ) 



Abundant in spring and autumn in Southern Ontario, the majority 

 going north to breed. Some few, however, raise their young in all the 

 larger marshes throughout the Province from our southern border 

 northward. 



The first arrivals in spring generally appear before the end of 

 March, and in the autumn the last stragglers remain until the marshes 

 freeze up. 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS. 



90. Dowitcher. 



(Macrorhamphus griseus.) 



A rather rare spring and autumn visitor. 



Genus MICROPALAMA. 



91. Stilt Sandpiper. 



(Micropalama himantopus. ) 



A rare visitor, most frequently met with in summer. I have 

 taken several, most of them in July and August. 



Genus TRINGA. 



Subgenus TRINGA. 

 92 Knot. 



(Tringa canutus.) 



In the neighbourhood of Toronto and Hamilton I have found this 

 species abundant from the twenty-fifth of May to the end of the first 

 week in June. In the autumn it is seldom seen. Two or three times 

 I have taken specimens in immature plumage in August, but that is all. 



