44 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Tryngites subruficollis. 



BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Mr. FANNIN reports that this species is abundant, in winter, 

 at the mouth of the Eraser River, B. C, and Mr. THOMPSON 

 gives it as a very rare fall migrant in Manitoba. The more 

 eastern records are : several seen near Hamilton in autumn 

 (McllwraitJi} ; a pair breeding near Dunnville, Ont, in 1879 

 (McCallunt] ; a male captured near Ottawa, August 24, 1886 

 (G. R. White} ; rare near Montreal (Hall}; several taken near 

 Montreal, in May, 1884 and 1885 (Keutzing) ; one taken by 

 COMEAU near Point des Monts (Merriam) ; one taken on Prince 

 Edward Island (Tilestori) ; one taken at Port Burwell, Hudson's 

 Bay (Bell}, and one taken in Labrador (Coues}. It has been 

 found breeding along the Anderson River, and the Yukon ; and 

 winters in South America. 



Actitis macularia. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



A common bird from the Atlantic to the Pacific, breeding 

 along our southern border and northward. TURNER found it at 

 Fort Chimo, Labrador, and Dr. BELL reports it occurring in the 

 Hudson's Bay district. 



Numenius longirostris. 



L,ONG-BIL,LED CURLEW. 



This species occurs in the eastern portions of Canada as an 

 uncommon autumn migrant, but it is fairly common in British 

 Columbia, where it is found during the entire summer. Dr. 

 COUES reports it breeding near Pembina in moderate num- 

 bers. MclLWRAiTH gives it as an occasional migrant in Ontario, 

 though THOMPSON reports that, while it is rare near Toronto in 

 the autumn, it passes that locality during the spring migrations in 



