236 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



and remark that very few seen at that date, though 

 previously quite common. One observed Fort 

 Du Brochet, July 17 ; nest containing four eggs 

 found on dry, moss-covered hillside, near the foot 

 of a pine tree. Observed Cochrane River, July 

 19, 26. Observed below Du Brochet Lake, 

 Cochrane River, July 30. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius domi- 

 nicus dominicus). An adult female taken when 

 in company with Kildeer Plover at the mouth of 

 Mudjatick River on the Churchill River, June 2. 

 44 Eye, bill, and feet black." 



KILDEER (Oxeyechus vociferus). Seen in com- 

 pany with the Golden Plover, but no specimens 

 taken. Observed at Polwarth, Sask., May 6 ; 

 Big River, May 7, 9. 



SEMIPALMATED Pi.oYEn(JEgealitis semipalmata). 



Four specimens : a male, lie a la Crosse Lake, 



May 23 ; a pair Cochrane River, July 23 ; and 



a female taken 29 July, also on the Cochrane 



River. 



RUDDY TURNSTONE (Arenaria interpres mori- 

 nella). Four, specimens : a female found alone 

 on Lake He a la Crosse, on May 22 ; a male also 

 found alone on the same lake on the 23rd ; and 

 two females taken from large flock on June 9 

 on Sandy Lake on the Churchill River. 



Observed on Sandfly Lake on the Churchill 

 River, June 12. 



HUDSONIAN SPRUCE PARTRIDGE (Canachites 

 canadensis canadensis). Eight specimens : six 

 adults, and two downy young. A pair with 

 nest and eggs taken at Lake He a la Crosse, May 

 25 ; male not preserved. " Eggs six in number, 



