ONTARIO. 



HAB. Eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska, breed- 

 ing throughout its North American range; migrating in winter southward, as 

 far even as Southern South America. Occasional in Europe. 



Nest on the prairie. 



Eggs 4, clay color, marked all over with small spots of umber brown, 

 most numerous at the larger end. 



The Field Plover, as this species is frequently called, is now 

 very seldom seen in Ontario, though the older sportsmen tell us 

 that in former times it was often observed in the pasture fields in 

 spring and fall. The few that I have noticed near Hamilton, have 

 always been in such places, but these can only be regarded as 

 stragglers, bewildered by fog, or driven by adverse winds away 

 from their regular habitat. In all the country between the Miss- 

 issippi and the Rocky Mountains, this species is said to be exceed- 

 ingly abundant during the seasons of migration, many remaining 

 to raise their young in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota, 

 while large flocks pass on for the same purpose, going as tar 

 north as the Yukon. According to Prof. Macoun, it is 

 abundant on the prairies of the Northwest, where it will afford 

 good sport and a table delicacy, to many a future settler in 

 that promising country. 



GENUS TRYNGITES CABANIS. 



107. TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS (VIEILL.). 262. 

 Buff-breasi ed Sandpiper. 



Quills largely white on the inner web, and with beautiful black marbling 

 or mottling, best seen from below ; tail unbarred, gray, the central feathers 

 darker, all with subterminal black edging and white tips ; crown and upper- 

 parts blackish, the feathers with whitish or tawny edging, especially on the 

 wings ; sides of the head, neck all round and under-parts pale rufous, or 

 fawn-color, speckled on the neck and breast with dusky ; bill black ; feet, 

 greenish-yellow. Length, 7-8 ; wing, 5-5^ ; tail, aj ; tarsus, ij ; middle toe 

 and claw, and bill, under an inch, 



HAB. North America, especially in the interior ; breeds in the Yukon 

 district and the interior of British America, northward to the Arctic coast ; 

 South America in winter. Of frequent occurrence in Europe. 



Nest a depression in the ground, lined with dry grass or leaves. 

 Eggs 4 ; clay-color, blotched or spotted with umber-brown 



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