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hollow, with a few straws for lining and was raised only a few inches 
above the water. This was in the third week in July, and by the 
27th of that month the four young ones were hatched and immedi- 
ately left the nest. (£.T.Seton.) Found several pairs breedingina 
marsh near Sidley, B.C., May 13th, 1905. May 28th found a nest 
with four eggs in a clump of grass under a small willow bush in a wet 
marsh. Nest made of dry grass. (Spreadborough.) 
In August, 1894, the writer saw a female and young birds of this 
species in the marsh at St. Patrick Street bridge, Ottawa, Ont.; 
early in May, 1890, he found a nest beside a log in a small bog close 
to the Canadian Pacific railway water-tank at Revelstoke, B.C. 
The nest was close to the water and any one walking along the 
railway could see the bird, but she hatched out her young and led 
them off in safety. Another nest was found in a bog a little south of 
Donald in the Columbia valley, B.C., in July, 1885; this contained 
four eggs almost incubated. Breeding at east end of Cypress hills, 
sask., on June 24th, 1894. Young ones able to fly. Mr. Fannin 
writes that the eggs of this species were taken near Enderby, south 
of Shuswap lake, B.C., May, 1891, by Mr. De Blois Green. 
This species is not particularly numerous in the Anderson river 
country, as we found comparatively few nests. I may here remark 
that the nests of all the snipes and sandpipers are much alike in 
composition, number of eggs, and situation. (Macfarlane.) Ifound 
not less than four nests in a couple of hours in the Little Red Deer 
region, Alta., on June 3rd, 1906. The nests were substantial ones 
built in the centre of tufts of marsh grass growing around the margin 
of a small lake. The birds sit so close that I found all the nests by 
almost stepping on the bird. (Raine.) Breeds everywhere in suit- 
able places in Manitoba and west to Edmonton, Alta. They 
evidently breed early as I saw young flying well at Yorkton, Sask. 
July 6th, 1906. (Geo. Atkinson.) 
230.1. Greater Snipe. 
Gallinago major (GMEL.) KocnH. 1816. 
Accidental in North America. Taken in Hudson bay. (Coues, 
Auk, Vol. XIV., p. 209, 1897.) 
