CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. Ig5 
BREEDING NOTES.—For some years past I have seen a few pairs 
of these birds every year in the neighbourhood of Kingston, Ont. 
Favourite resorts are Simcoe island and Amherst island, Lake 
Ontario, as well as eastward. A few sets of eggs are found yearly 
in the month of May; in June, 1894, a pair hatched out a brood in 
a pasture field near Lansdowne station, on the Grand Trunk rail- 
way. A dry rough field is its favourite abode; in this respect it 
differs from other members of the family. It makes a nest of 
withered grass, which it partially conceals amidst the dry growth 
of last year, and lays four eggs, resembling the woodcock’s, but 
larger. (Rev. C. J. Young.) I have part of a set of eggs taken by 
the late Robt. Anderson, at Aylmer, Ont., and have myself seen 
the birds in spring, summer and early fall in the London district, 
the summer birds being undoubtedly residents. Mr. Roger Hedley, 
of Dunrief, near London, knows of this species summering at least 
twice in the last eight years near that place. (W. Saunders.) Its 
breeding centre is in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. 
This species is quite rare in western Saskatchewan and southern 
Alberta, and prefers well grassed prairie to that with a thin sod 
and little water. 
CXI. TRYNGITES Capanis. 1856. 
262. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
Tryngites subruficollis (VYEILL.) RipGw. 1885. 
This is a migrant along the whole Altantic coast and in the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, as well as along the river itself. Preble saw it on 
the higher parts of the tundra north of Rare Eskimo, Hudson: bay, 
and also below Cape Churchill. 
Resilar*talleanotant,.at,. Loronto;, Ont. but -rare.-.(/: 7. 
Fleming.) One specimen shot at Templeton, Que. (Geo. White.) 
In the first edition of this Catalogue the finding of the nest of this 
bird was credited to Dr. MacCallum. Later investigation proved 
this nest to be that of the Wilson Phalarope. See addendum. 
Seton says it is a rare migrant in Manitoba and no specimens have 
been observed by the writer west of that province. On the Mac- 
kenzie, Bernard Ross reports this bird to be rare, while on the 
Barren Grounds to the northeast, Macfarlane says it is common. 
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