CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 207 
This bird may be said to make its summer home and bring forth 
its young from Ungava bay on the northeast coast of Labrador to 
Alaska on Norton sound. It is, however, more plentiful east of the 
Mackenzie than west of it. It is known only as a rare migrant in 
British Columbia, and not known to breed. 
BREEDING NotTes.—This bird is found every fall and spring 
on the gravelly bars at the foot of Amherst island, Lake Ontario. 
There, on the 24th of June, 1895, I found a nest containing four 
fresh eggs. It was built on a gravelly beach, at no great distance 
from the water, amongst a spring growth of a little grass and sedge, 
and in the early spring would probably have been within reach of 
the high water. I met with two pairs of these birds at the Magdalen 
islands in June, 1897, but could not locate the nest though I knew 
they were breeding. (Rev. C. J. Young.) 
This bird is quite common on parts of the Arctic coast and along 
the Anderson and. Lockhart rivers, as well as in the country between 
Fort Anderson and Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie river. Most of the 
twenty nests taken contained four eggs, and several but two or three. 
When closely approached, the female glided from the nest and ran 
a short distance before flying, occasionally drooping her wings and 
pretending lameness. The nest is a mere cavity in the sand, lined 
with a few withered leaves and grasses. (Macfarlane.) In June, 
1896, this species was found to be common from Moose Factory, 
James bay to Richmond gulf, Hudson bay. On the 18th June 
Mr. A. P. Low found a nest containing four eggs. Nest in sand, 
beside a stone, composed of a little dry grass. This bird was 
observed throughout the interior of Labrador in summer wherever 
there were large lakes with sandy shores. Common along both 
shores of James bay in 1904. On July 7th saw young still unable to 
fly. (W. Spreadborough.) A nest found by Bishop at Lake Marsh, 
Yukon district was a hollow, lined with a few grasses and dead 
leaves and was situated about eight feet from the water in the 
drift debris among the stones on the beach. 
275. Ring Plover. 
gialitis hiaticula. (LINN.) BOIE. 1822. 
Breeds generally in Greenland and found on Clavering and Sabine 
islands; said to be abundant on the shores of Possession bay and 
