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be said to be a bird of general distribution, although very little is 
known of its breeding habits. Mr. Dippie collected specimens at 
Reaburn, Man., on June 15th, 1893, and believes a few pairs breed 
there. 
BREEDING NoTes.—Audubon, Vol. V., p. 282, states that he 
found the nest and eggs, July 20th, 1833, in Labrador. Turner 
believes that a few pairs breed at the mouth of the Koaksoak river, 
Ungava bay. Spreadborough believes it breeds on James bay and 
at Indian Head, Sask. Dr. Coues suspects that it breeds at Turtle 
mountain, on the boundary of Manitoba. The writer found young 
birds on Anticosti, near Southwest point, in August, 1883, and 
very young birds at the east end of the Cypress hills, Sask., on 
' August 2nd, 1880. One nest was taken on Sable island in 1899 by 
Mr. Boutelier, superintendent of life-saving stations. 
Quite common on Sable island, N.S., where it breeds regularly. 
(W. Saunders.) Breeding around Fullerton, Hudson bay. (A. P., 
Low.) First met with at Fort Churchill where adult birds accom- 
panied by young were seen on the meadows, July 26th. (Preble.) 
Breeds sparingly by lakes in the Okanagan valley and in the Rocky 
mountains. (Rhoads.) At the southern end of Lake Marsh, 
Yukon, not far from where Six-mile river enters, the surrounding 
country is level and at high water the lake stretches far back through 
a dense growth of willows. At the time of our visit the retreating 
waters had left a belt of grass between these willows and its margin. 
Here on the evening of July 2nd I found three pairs of least sand- 
pipers and after a long search I carne upon a female surrounded by 
four downy young. (Bishop.) 
This species was found breeding abundantly at Fort Anderson, 
on the borders of, as well as in, the Barren Grounds, and on the 
near Arctic coast. (WMacjarlane.) I met with this species on the 
Magdalen islands, and was successful in finding its nest there on 
June 22nd, 1897. We were driving along the edge of the sand- 
hills, towards East cape, on that date. When passing a grassy flat 
near salt water, a bird of this species rose into the air. I hid myself, 
and soon had the satisfaction of seeing the bird alight in a dry place 
in the salt meadow. I at once walked almost to the nest, and the 
bird fluttered away from the four eggs at my feet. They lay with 
the pointed ends together in a small nest of dried grass, slightly 
