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could never find any nests. Mr. Dippie writes me that he believes 
they were breeding at Reaburn, Man., in June, 1893, and at Buffalo . 
lake, Alberta, in July, 1896. On the 15th June, 1897, about 30 
miles from Calgary, Alberta, the writer came upon a small flock at a 
grassy pond in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, and from the 
actions of the birds it seems certain they were breeding, but no 
nests were found. 
CVI. HELODROMAS Kavp. 1829. 
256. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Helodromas solitarius (WILS.) SHARPE. 1896. 
A migrant in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, though perhaps 
breeding in Nova Scotia. 
Common summer resident in New Brunswick. Mr. Banks took 
a nest at Lily lake in June, 1880. (Chamberiain.) The writer saw 
several pairs, which were evidently breeding, in July, 1888, along 
Black River, Prince Edward island. Brittain and Cox found this 
bird in the valley of the Restigouche, N.B., in summer, evidently 
breeding. Mr. J. M. Macoun found it a common summer resident 
at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec, in 1885. In other parts of 
Quebec it is reported as a migrant. Spreadborough reports seeing 
one individual on the east coast of James bay. It is recorded as 
a summer resident at Ottawa, Ont. Regular migrant at Toronto, 
Ont., local and not very common. Recorded by many observers 
in eastern Ontario and northwesterly across the province. 
In Manitoba, Hine and Nash—both close observers—state that 
this bird breeds there and is abundant. Mr Spreadborough only 
saw a straggler at Indian Head, Sask., in the spring of 1892. In 
the spring of 1897, he saw numbers at Edmonton, Alta., on the 
borders of bogs, and as they took to the trees he believed they were 
breeding. He also found them breeding at Jasper lake, Alta., in 
July, 1898, and between Lesser Slave lake and Peace river Landing, 
in 1903. While making a traverse of the northern part of Labrador 
on July, 24th, 1896, he shot a specimen from the top of a spruce 
tree near a peat bog close to Seal lake; none were seen after this. 
Bernard Ross says that it extends as far north as Fort Simpson 
on the Mackenzie river. Macfarlane does not mention it, but Sir 
John Richardson says it has been shot as far north as lat. 64° 30’. 
