42 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Laprairie to Longueuil, but it is scarce in the spring 

 of the year. 



Genus Ereunetes. Illiger. 



75. Semipalmated Sandpiper. E. pusillus. (Linn.) 

 " Transient Visitant," common. I have noticed 



this small sandpiper, which resembles the least sand- 

 piper, in small nocks in the autumn along the river 

 shore at Laprairie, and Mr. Denne and myself shot 

 quite a number there, September 17, 1892. 



Genus Calidris. Cuvier. 



76. Sanderling. C. arenaria. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. I shot a male 

 specimen May 24, 1888, at Laprairie, and saw one 

 there, June 1, 1889 ; also one on the 7th of October 

 in a pasture field at St. Luke. 



Genus Limosa. Brisson. 



77. Marbled Godwit. L. fedoa. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," rare. The late Mr. Caul 

 field stuffed a fine specimen of this bird, which was 

 shot at Lake St. Peter in the spring of the year. 



78. Hudsonian Godwit. L. hsemastica. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. Mr. Kuetzing has 

 noticed this godwit in the months of September 

 and October in our markets, and Mr. Archibald 



