BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 31 



GENUS PAVONCELLA. 

 (*) (260) Ruff. 



(Pavoncella pugnax.) 



A specimen of this European bird in some way wandered to Toronto 

 and was taken there in 1882. There are a few other records of its oc- 

 currence in America, but it can only be regarded as a straggler on this 

 continent. 



GENUS BARTRAMIA. 



(261) Bartramian Sandpiper. (Upland Plover.) 



(Bartramia longicauda.) 



This is a bird of the prairie and is of rare and local occurrence here. 

 I have found it breeding in the Counties of Brant and Norfolk, and Dr. 

 K. Clarke reports it as regularly nesting near Kingston. 



GENUS TRYNGITES. 



(262) Buff=breasted Sandpiper. 



(Tryngites subruficollis.) 



A rather rare and irregular visitor to Ontario during the autumn 

 migration. I have usually found it in August. 



Mr. Mcllwraith, on the authority of Dr. Macallum, records the 

 discovery of a nest and eggs of this species near Dunnville. 



GENUS ACTITIS. 



(263) Spotted Sandpiper. 



(Actitis macularia.) 



An abundant summer resident, breeding throughout the Province, 

 Arrives about the first of May, departs about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



GENUS NUMENIUS. 



(*) (264) Long-billed Curlew. 



(Numenius longirostris.) 



A very rare visitor, usually in the spring. Breeds in Assiniboia, Al- 

 berta and westward. 



(265) hudsonian Curlew. 



(Numenius hudsonicus.) 



^ An ^regular visitor, sometimes occurring in large numbers in 

 spring; m the autumn it is rarely seen. Breeds on the barren grounds 

 west of Hudson's Bay. 



