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- 

 nions dominions) . An adult female taken when 

 in company with Kildeer Plover at the mouth of 

 Mudjatick River on the Churchill River, June 2. 

 " Eye, bill, and feet black." 



KILDEER (Oxeyechus vociferns). Seen in com- 

 pany with the Golden Plover, but no specimens 

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

 Big River, May 7, 9. 



SEMIPALMATED PLOVER( Jg07ift's 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 lie 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 lie a la Crosse, May 

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



