I ,i Narik> !',/ Ckmada. 



deivd t> tin- lake t< ill-ink, ami had prol.al.ly IM-I-U 

 ed by wolves ami dev..un-d. It appeared to ha\-- only lain 

 then- t'. >ur T ti\ \ .-arv as the skeleton was in a good stt 



preservation. We took out the Eton tic- Liu-kln... 



these we had brought purposely to take l>ack tin- Lfir s 1m* I 

 coll-- ad on walking along the Keach t- \var- is the 



(Ian- \\heivthe.-, 'id t. -IMS' eggs were buried, we Mushed 



i Sandpiper off itfl n--st ami four <"^L!'-. anl s, M >n afl 

 \\artls.lolni shut a liiiH'-l'ivast.-i| sainl]>i]n-|- ami a marhlfl m,,l- 

 \\it. The l-uM'-Ki -amljiijM-r. no .loul>t. m-st.s in this dis- 



trict i-tainly ili'-s on tin- l>anks of tin- Nort h Saskatchf- 



uaii \ i \ four i-^'s in my colli-ction. collected at Prince 

 All-ert i>n .lune !th. INN!*, may !> descrilied as follows : Shaj.e. 

 pointedly pyrifoi-in ; i^rcnind colour, greyish day. lioldly sjiot- 

 t'-d with unilier In-own, an-1 shell markings of m-utral tint. 

 The markings an- >< heavy at the l.utt end of the egg as to 

 almost ' ' iie ground. The m-st was a slight dejn-ession 



in the Around, lined with a few hlades of ^rass. Th. 

 this ,,-,. not unlike some varieties of the European dun- 



lin, l.ut they are smaller, and the ground colour is paler and 

 clay-coloinvd. whereas the ground colour of the dunlin is 



iiish. or olive liuhV The eggH of the huti-l>rea.sted sand- 

 piper average in six.- l.4.").\ 1.06. 



< Mir m-\t find was a clutch of four Wilson's phalarop.-s. .\s 



d. the l-ird stuiiiMed otl' the nest just in front of my : 

 Tin- nest was luiilt in the centre of a tuft of grass, and the four 

 eggs were I Mildly spotted with Mackish l.mwn on a r | ; ,\- 

 ground. John sh'it a pair of Wilson's plmlai-"|.,-s ;md a 

 northern ph. l>oth sj>ecies were numerous alwmt this 



place. The shore of the lake was stony, with tufts , ,f grass 

 growing aiii"iiir--t the Btdiea and this s.-.-m.''! to suit the phala- 

 ropes and -andpipers. Then- were t\v o or three , t h. i 



mall sandpipers, which I could not identify, as \\ , p 



svt'ul in Dl.taiiiinir s|,,.-iiii"iis. I have not the slightest 



doulit that se\. -ral sp.-ei.-s of the nirer sandpipers, supposed to 



only 1 u-ecd within the Arctic circle, remain to nest amongst 



these lakes, which are numerous From here northward 



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