CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 21! 
CXXI. PODASOCYS CouvEs 1886. 
281. Mountain Plover. 
Podasocys montanus (TowNs.) COUES 1866. 
Chiefly the plains, from central Kansas to the Rocky mountains, 
north to the British Boundary, breeding from Kansas northward. 
(A. O. U. List.) Dr. Elliott Coues found this species at the mouth 
of Frenchman river and westward to near the Sweet Grass hills in 
July, 1874, and there is a specimen in the British Museum labelled 
‘“‘North American Boundary Commission, 49th parallel, June 24th, 
1874, No. 91. G. Dawson.’”’ In June, 1895, the writer was on 
Frenchman river, Sask., for many miles and did not see a trace of 
the bird so that lat. 49° must be close to its northern limit. 
FamiLty XXIII. APHRIZIDAS. Surr-Birps AND TURNSTONES. 
CXXII. APHRIZA Avupvupon. 1839. 
282. sur. Bird. 
Aphriza virgata’ (GMEL.) GRAY. 1847. 
Four specimens of this bird were taken in the vicinity of Sitka 
by Bischoff. It is a wide-spread Pacific species, occurring only as 
a rare summer or fall visitant on the shores of the North Pacific 
and Bering sea, reaching the vicinity of Bering straits in Norton 
sound. A pair was seen one autumn at St. Michael and a few 
others at various times. (Nelson.) Sixteen taken from a flock on 
a rocky islet, Sitka, Alaska, July 21st, 1896. These were all appar- 
ently immature birds, that is, non-breeding birds of the second 
year. (Grinnell.) Not uncommon along the whole coast of British 
Columbia. It has been taken in Howe sound by Mr. R.V. Griffin ; 
at Port Simpson by Mr. W. B. Anderson; and at Nanaimo and Fort 
Rupert by Lord. It was also found very abundant on Stubbs 
island on the west coast of Vancouver island, in August, 1893, by 
Mr. W, Spreadborough; it very likely breeds there. In August, 
1904, Mr. Spreadborough saw two large flocks of what he took to be 
the surf bird on the west coast of James bay, Hudson bay. He 
took no specimens but writes that the birds seen were in appear- 
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