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son bay and northwesterly along the shores of the Arctic sea to the 
mouth of the Mackenzie river. 
BREEDING NOTES.—Several nests of this sandpiper were taken 
on, or near, the Arctic coast of Franklin bay. One taken July 3rd 
containing four eggs with very large embryos. Another discovered 
on the following day held but three eggs. A third found in the 
Barren Grounds on the 29th June was, like the rest, a shallow 
depression in the ground, lined with a few decayed leaves, contain- 
ing four eggs, also having very large embryos. A fourth, on. the 
banks of a small river, held four eggs. (\Macjarlane.) Breeds in 
swampy ground around Fullerton, Hudson bay. (A. P. Low.) 
This bird is a common summer resident on Herschell island. It 
lays four eggs in a hollow in the moss about the middle of June, 
selecting the higher parts of the island where a reddish kind of moss 
grows and as the eggs are spotted with reddish brown they greatly 
resemble the moss on which they are laid. (Razne.) 
241. Baird Sandpiper. 
Actodromas bard Cours. 1861. 
Accidental at Digby, Nova Scotia. (Gilpim.) Migrant in Nova 
neotia.-.(. Fl ujigs)! - Rare: visitor at Montreals one shot: out 
of a flock of semi-palmated sandpipers, September 17th, 1892. 
(Wintle.) Prior to 1886, only one specimen of this species had been 
recorded in Ontario. One specimen was taken on the 23rd of 
August, 1886, and two more on the 1st of September. These four 
are the only specimens known to the writer. (MWcllwraith.) One 
specimen taken on the Rideau river close to Ottawa, Ont. (Geo. 
White.) Regular fall migrant at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) 
A regular though rare migrant in southwestern Ontario. (IW. 
Saunders.) 
This is a common migrant in Manitoba and westward to the 
Rocky mountains. Spreadborough saw two in a small marsh at 
Grand prairie, Atha., in 1903. It was first seen at Indian Head, 
Sask., on May 9th, 1892, was common by the 16th and disappeared 
on the 2nd of June. Rather rare in Alaska, but more common as 
we proceed to the north. Nelson found it at places along the Arctic 
coast, north of Kotzebue sound and at Point Barrow in August, 
1881. Brooks found it abundant at Sumas lake, on the lower 
