CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 43 



Symphemia semipalmata. 



WILLET. 



A common summer resident of the plains west of Manitoba, 

 but rare in the latter Province ; a rare migrant in the vicinity of 

 the Great Lakes ; and, usually, a common autumn visitor to the 

 Maritime Provinces. Dr. BRYANT received a set of eggs from 

 Mr. DOWNS that were said to have been taken near Yarmouth, 

 N. S. 



Heteractitis incanus. 



WANDERING TATLEK. 



Mr. FANNIN has taken this species both east and west of the 

 Cascade Mountains in British Columbia. 



Pavoncella pugnax. 



RUFF. 



An accidental straggler from the Old World. One or two 

 specimens have been taken on the Bay of Fundy shores, and one 

 was captured near Toronto. 



Bartramia longicauda. 



BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 



This species was formerly called the " Field Plover." Along 

 the Atlantic border it occurs north to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 and on the Pacific it ranges to Alaska. It is most abundant in 

 the Prairie region, and rarest along the Great Lakes. It winters 

 in the tropics. 



