CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 37 



Scolopax rusticola. 



EUROPEAN WOODCOCK. 



An example of this species was taken at Chambly, P. Q., on 

 March n, 1882. It was identified by Mr. BROCK WILLET and 

 Mr. COUPER. 



Philohela minor. 



AMERICAN WOODCOCK. 



Common in the Maritime Provinces and west to Lake Huron. 

 THOMPSON gives it as rare in Manitoba, though Dr. BELL reports 

 finding it not uncommon along the Red River Valley. It does 

 not range far northward ; SCRIVEN reports it rare at Gravenhurst, 

 and Dr. BELL'S report of finding one specimen at York Factory, 

 and Mr. WILLIAM BREWSTER'S report of one at Gaspe, are the 

 most northern records, though TURNER heard that several had 

 been killed in Eastern Labrador. 



THE EUROPEAN SNIPE (gallinago gallinago], has been taken in 

 Greenland and in Bermuda, but there is no record of its occurrence 

 within the boundaries of Canada. 



Gallinago delicata. 



WILSON'S SNIPE. 



An abundant bird from the Atlantic to the Pacific, though of 

 rather irregular distribution. It breeds from our southern border 

 northward to Labrador and the Hudson's Bay district. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



DOWITCHER. 



This species is reported by MACOUN as abundant on the 

 Western Plains, though THOMPSON gives it as a rare migrant 



