192 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
257. Green Sandpiper. 
Helodromas ochropus (LINN.) Kaur. 1829. 
An individual of this species exists among a collection of birds 
from the Northwest Territories, sent to the British museum by 
the Hudson Bay Company. Pennant says he also observed it 
among birds collected by Mr. Kuckan in North America. (Rich- 
ardson.) Accidental in Nova Scotia. (A. O. U. List.) 
CVI. SYMPHEMIA RarFinesovue. 1819. 
258. Willet. 
Symphemia semipalmata (GMEL.) HARTL. 1845. 
A common spring and autumn migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Common in summer and fall in Nova Scotia. Breeds at Port Pet- 
piswick. (Downs.) Rather common at Grand Manan, New Bruns- 
wick. (Herrick.) Very little is known of this species in Ontario. 
On two occasions I have seen it brought in from the Hamilton 
marsh by gunners, but I never saw it alive. (Mcllwraith.) 
258a. Western Willet. 
Symphemia simipalmata mornata BREWST. 1887. 
This is a common species in the prairie region west of Manitoba. 
It frequents the margins of saline ponds and brackish marshes from 
western Manitoba to the Rocky mountains, and from lat. 49° to 
56°. It breeds throughout its range. 
Rare migrant at Toronto, Ont. I can find only five specimens 
in local collections. A careful comparison proves them to belong 
to the western form. (/. H. Fleming.) A rare migrant in Mani- 
toba. In 1906 I first noticed it as a breeding species west of Salt- 
coats, Sask. (Atkinson.) 
One specimen taken at Clover point, Victoria, Vancouver island, 
August 8th, 1898, by Mr. J. Henley. (Fannin.) 
While in a meadow near Lake Marsh, Yukon, I heard a willet 
whistle several times its unmistakable ‘‘pill-willet”’, but failed to 
see the bird. (Brshop.) 
