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but Mr. FANNIN reports its occurrence during the breeding 

 season at Burrard Inlet, near the southern border of British 

 Columbia. It occurs sparingly on the Plains during the migra- 

 tions, and also appears occasionally in the Great Lakes. 



Phalaropus tricolor. 



WLLSON'S PHALAROPE. 



A common bird on the Western Plains, breeding along our 

 southern border from Manitoba to the Rockies, and north to 

 the Saskatchewan. WHEATON gives it as a not uncommon spring 

 and fall migrant through Ohio, but the observers in Ontario con- 

 sider it merely accidental in that Province. 



Recurvirostra americana. 



AMERICAN AVOCET. 



This species is very abundant in all the saline regions of the 

 Western Plains, and has been taken as far north as Great Slave 

 Lake. MC!LWRAITH mentions that three examples have been 

 taken in Ontario, and a few have been taken in New Brunswick. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 



BLACK-NECKEQ STILT. 



Dr. WHEATON reports that this species has been repeatedly 

 taken in Lake Erie,' but it is not given in any Ontario list, 

 though THOMPSON reports that he has heard of it being taken 

 near Toronto. Dr. GIBBS gives it as rare in Michigan. A few 

 specimens have been taken in New Brunswick. It is a southern 

 and western bird, going, in winter, as far south as Brazil and 

 Peru. 



