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May 13, have been compared with a series of 

 this form and of M. g. scolopaceus. Another pair 

 taken on the Beaver River, May 19, and a male 

 on Lake lie a la Crosse, on May 23. 



White-rumped Sandpiper (Pisobia juscicollis). 

 — A female taken on Sandy Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 10, and a male taken on Sandfly Lake, 

 Churchill River, June 11. 



Baird's Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi). — Four 

 specimens : a female taken near Fort Du Brochet, 

 Reindeer Lake, on July 17 ; and a male and two 

 females taken on the Cochrane River, July 23. 



Two observed below Du Brochet Lake, July 30. 



Least Sandpiper (Pisobia minutilla). — Four 

 specimens : a female, Reindeer Lake, July 13. 

 " Bird alone breeding on island, apparently had 

 nest." A female taken July 29, and a pair 

 taken July 30 on the Cochrane River. 



Two others observed on the Cochrane River, 

 July 28. 



Red-backed Sandpiper (Pelidna alpina sak- 

 halina). — A female, Churchill River, June 8, 

 above Sandy Lake, " shot on small stony island, 

 in company with seven semipalmated Sandpipers." 



Semipalmated Sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus). 

 — Two pairs taken on the Churchill River below 

 Pelican Rapids, June 2, from a flock. 



Observed on Sandy Lake on the Churchill River, 

 June 9, 10. 



[Lesser Yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes)]. — Few 

 observed Crooked Lake, May 12. Observed 

 Beaver River, May 9. Numerous on inland lake 

 on east shore at north end of lie a la Crosse Lake, 

 May 30. Observed on lower reaches of the 



