CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 179 
C. EROLIA Viermtor. 1816. 
244. Curlew Sandpiper. 
Erolia ferruginea (BRUNN.) A.O.U. COMMITTEE. 1903. 
Occasional in eastern North America and Alaska. 
Very rare in Nova Scotia. One purchased on Halifax market. 
(Downs.) Seen at Halifax, N.S. in October, 1864. (Gilpin.) I had 
the good fortune to capture a male in full breeding plumage, the 
only one seen, at Point Barrow, on June 6th, 1883. It was in com- 
pany with a good sized flock of Tringa maculata. (Murdoch.) 
Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto, Ontario writes that Mr. Ernest 
T. Seton identified a specimen in the old Toronto Gun Club as this 
species. The bird was taken at Toronto. 
Cl. HURYNORHYNCHUS Nitsson. 1821. 
245. Spoon-bill Sandpiper, 
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (LINN.) PEARSON. 1836. 
Accidental on the coast of Alaska. The presence of this little 
sandpiper in the list of birds of Alaska is due to the capture of a 
single specimen at Chloris peninsula, during the summer of 1849 by 
the captain of the British ship Plover. Chloris peninsula is a sandy 
spit which extends out into the head of Kotzebue sound and is 
covered with pools of water. (Nelson.) 
Cll. EREUNETES Iviicer. 1811. 
246. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
Ereunetes pusillus (LINN.) Cass. 1860. 
A common fall migrant along the whole Atlantic coast and Gulf 
of St. Lawrence. In Quebec and Ontario it is equally abundant as 
a migrant, and also in Manitoba and westward, at least as far as the 
Rocky mountains. 
In the spring of 1892 Mr. W. Spreadborough found the first birds 
at Indian Head, Sask., on May 16th. He remained there until 
July 1st and they were still there, so that he believes they breed 
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