166 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
XCIV. MACRORHAMPHUS Leacu. 1816 
231. Dowitcher. Red-breasted Snipe. 
Macrorhamphus griseus (GMEL.) LEACH. 1816 
Occasional in Greenland. One sent from Fiskenaes to Copen- 
Haven -in’1824.-. (Arc. ian, = Rarer at, Port. «Cc atimo. Omeauar 
Common in southern and western portions of Labrador. (Turner.) 
A summer migrant in Newfoundland and breeds. (Keeks.) Fort 
Churchill, Hudson bay. (Wright.) Migrant in Nova Scotia. (H. 
F. Tujts.) Autumn migrant in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) 
Not uncommon in Quebec. (Dionne.) Occurs in small flocks along 
the Richelieu river near St. John, Que., but is rarer near Montreal 
on the St. Lawrence river. (Wintle.) Regular migrant at Toronto, 
Ont. (J. H. Fleming.) A pair was shot at Ottawa, Ont> by Mr. 
G. R. White, May 22nd, 1890, and a few others recorded. Mc- 
Ilwraith says it is a straggler in western Ontario. 
Its breeding grounds seem to be to the north and northwest of 
Hudson bay. 
232. Long-billed Dowitcher. 
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (SAy) LAwr. 1852. 
Migrant in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tujis.) Abundant on the 
meadows bordering Button bay, near Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 
July 31st. The species was then moving southward and was not 
seen after August 3rd. (Preble.) Rare migrant at Toronto, Ont. 
(J. H. Fleming.) 
This species takes the place of MW. griseus from Manitoba west- 
ward. Although not common in eastern Manitoba it becomes 
abundant to the west, and during migration this species is very 
plentiful throughout the prairie region. As it arrives in great num- 
bers on the prairie in August its breeding places are likely south of 
the Arctic circle. Besides covering much country east of the moun- 
tains, it is very abundant in Alaska, breeding as far north as Point 
Barrow, where Murdoch says it is not common in the breeding 
season. It is very rare in the Rocky mountains, only one being 
taken at Banff in 1891. Both Lord and Fannin say it breeds in 
British Columbia, and Brooks found it common in autumn in the 
