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dantly, August 31 to September 3. Concerning this species Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway say : 



Mr. R. MacDonald noticed it breeding among the mountains west of the lower 

 Mackenzie, and Mr. J. M'Dougall met with it in the (Jens de Large Mountains, 

 200 miles northeast of the Yukon." 



Macoun says: 



This species is an abundant summer resident in the whole prairie region 

 * * * from the International Boundary to latitude 54° in the eastern part of 

 the region, and northwesterly to far north of the open prairies of the Peace 

 River. 



He also records a specimen taken at Edmonton by Spreadborough 



and a set of eggs obtained by J. B. Tyrrell in northern | now central | 

 Alberta July 1, 188G." 



Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill. ). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



This beautiful sandpiper migrates through the wooded portion of 

 the region and breeds on the Barren Grounds. During our investi- 

 gations Ave met with it but once, noting several on the Quatre 

 Fourches marsh, near Fort Chipewyan, May 24, 11)01. A mounted 

 specimen in the museum at Fort Simpson was procured some years 

 ago at Fort Rae. 



Ross noted the species as having been collected at Fort Simpson: ' 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that MacFarlane found upward of 

 20 nests on the Barren Grounds between Horton River and the Arctic 

 coast between June 2G and July 9 and describe eggs taken by him.'' 

 A specimen (No. 19954) taken by Ross at Fort Simpson, May 29, 

 1860, is still in the National Museum, and the bird catalogue shows 

 that skins were received also from Fort Rae and Big Island. Frank 

 Russell took one at Herschel Island, August 13, 1894. c 



Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Abundant and generally distributed throughout the region as far 

 north as the limit of trees. In the season of 1901 we first saw it 

 near Athabaska Landing May 6, and noted it almost daily while 

 descending the river to Athabaska Lake May 6 to IT. We observed 

 it near Fort Chipewyan May 23, and near the outlet of Athabaska 

 Lake June 2 to 4. While collecting along the Rocher and Slave 

 rivers between Athabaska Lake and Smith Landing, June 5 to 18. we 

 saw numbers daily. The first nests were seen on a sandy island 25 

 miles below the Peace June 8. We found i( common at Fort Smith 

 June 19 to 28 and saw several nests on the shelving banks of the 



* Water Birds N. A., I. p. 207. 1884. 



6 Cat. Canadian Birds. Part I. p. 178, 1900. 



c Nat. Hist. Rev.. II (second ser.). p. 285, 1802. 



d Water Birds X. A.. I, p. 308, L884. 



e Expl. in Far Xorth, p. 250, 1S0S. 



