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October 1, 1887, at Laprairie. I shot one on the 

 19th October at the same place, and have seen them 

 there as late as the 26th of the same month in 1889. 



72. Bairds Sandpiper. T. bairdii. Coues. 



" Transient Visitant," rare. I have only met 

 with one example of this species, which I shot Sep- 

 tember 17, 1892, along the river shore, between 

 Laprairie and St. Lambert. This specimen was in 

 company with a small flock of semipalmated sand- 

 pipers, and the skin is now in my collection. It 

 resembles the latter species closely, but is much 

 larger. 



73. Least Sandpiper. T. minutilla. Yieill. 



" Transient Visitant," common. This little sand- 

 piper is plentiful along our river shores during the 

 months of September and October in flocks, but is 

 scarce in the spring of the year. I shot a female 

 specimen June 1, 1889, at Laprairie, but the ovaries 

 showed no signs of the bird breeding. I have seen 

 this species here as late as the 20th of October. 



Subgenus " Pelidna." Cuvier. 



74. Red-backed Sandpiper. (Dunlin ; Black-heart 



Plover.) T. alpina pacifica. (Coues.) 

 " Transient Visitant," common. Mr. Kuetzing 

 has observed this species plentiful in the months of 

 October and November near the river shore, from 



