44 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



to 28th May in the high wet fields at Hochelaga, 

 and it is very likely that they would breed here if 

 not shot off. I shot three September 17 and one 

 September 27, 1890, on the Boucherville islands. 



Genus Bartramia. Lesson. 



82. Bartramian Sandpiper. (Field Plover) B. 



longicanda. (Bechst.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. While out looking 

 for golden plover in the month of October, 1889, in 

 some pasture fields at St. Luke, I saw two birds 

 there which I considered at the time to be of this 

 species, but they were so wild I could not get 

 within gun-shot of them. Mr. Inglis has also ob- 

 served these birds in the same district, and never 

 could get near enough to them to secure a speci- 

 men, but Mr. Lucien Huot has shot them near St. 

 Johns. 



Genus Tryngites. Cabanis. 



83. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. T. subruficollis. (Vieill.) 

 " Transient Visitant," scarce. Mr. Kuetzing has 



observed this species during the month of May at 

 Longueuil. 



Genus Actitis. Boie. 



84. Spotted Sandpiper. (Sandlark.) A. macularia, 



(Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant, Breeds on the 

 Island of Montreal and on the surrounding islands. 



