48 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



montana. 



MOUNTAIN PLOVER. 



Dr. COUES reports finding this species abundant between the 

 Sweet-grass Hills and the Milk River, in latitude 49. 



Aphriza virgata. 



SURF BIRD. 



This species occurs along the whole coast line of British 

 Columbia, but it is most abundant north of Vancouver Island. 



Arenaria interpres. 



TURNSTONE. 



Occurs throughout Canada, though generally reported some- 

 what rare in the interior, excepting near Toronto, where Mr. 

 THOMPSON has found it in immense numbers in the spring, 

 though less abundant in the autumn. It breeds in high latitudes, 

 and winters far south. 



Arenaria melanocephala. 



BLACK TURNSTONE. 



This species occurs in British Columbia, from Burrard Inlet 

 northward, but is most abundant in Howe Sound (Fanniii). 



Haematopus palliatus. 



AMERICAN OYSTER-CATCHER. 



An accidental straggler from the south. Two specimens have 

 been taken at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy : one on Grand 

 Manan, and another on the mainland, near Eastport. 



