36 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



STEGANOPUS. (Vieillot.) 



Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopua tricolor, Vieill). 

 Found at Chilliwhack. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID.E. SNIPES, SAND-PIPERS, ETC. 

 GALLINGO. (Leach.) 



Wilson's Snipe (Gallinayo delicata, Ord). 



Common throughout the Province, on Island and Mainland.. 

 Breeds in interior. 



MACRORHAMPHUS. (Leach.) 



Long-billed Dowitcher, Red-breasted Snipe (Macrorhamphus 



scolopacens, Say). 



Tolerably abundant throughout the Province and West Coast of 

 Vancouver Island. Taken at Chilliwhack and Metlakatla. The 

 nest of this bird is a simple hollow in the ground in the centre of a 

 marshy spot on the border of a lake, with scarcely any lining what- 

 ever nothing in the shape of a nest to bring away. 



MICROPALAMA. (Baird.) 



Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama him ant opus, Bonap). 

 Taken at Chilliwhack. 



TRINGA. (Linnaeus.) 



Knot, Robin Snipe (Tringa canutus, Linn). 

 Abundant during migrations. 



ACTODROMAS. (Kaup.) 



Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Actodromas acuminata, Horsf). 

 Taken at Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Pectoral Sandpiper (Actodromas maculata, Vieill). 



Taken along the Coast during migrations, at Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. 



