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with T. mimitilla, on the pools about the base of Turtle Mountain. 

 Some of the specimens secured were evidently very young birds of the 

 year, but whether bred or not in the vicinity is uncertain. 



List of specmens. 



LIMOSxl FEDOA, (Linn.) Ord. 



Great Marbled God wit. 



The breeding- range of this well-known bird remained until recently 

 uncertain, and its eggs were long special desiderata of the National 

 Museum. At Saint Paul, I saw in the collection of the Academy of 

 JTatural Sciences of that city a set which had been taken in Minnesota. 

 The bird has been ascertained to breed also in Iowa, and I was satisfied 

 that it did so at Pembina. The birds that I observed in this locality 

 showed by all tbeir actions, readily interpreted by one familiar with the 

 subject, that they were nesting ; and I did not hesitate to so assert, 

 though I was not successful in my search for the nest. This was of 

 date June 20, 1873. The species was not observed west of this point. 



LIMOSA HJEMASTICA, (Linn,) Coues. 



HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 



While in camp at the Two Forks of Milk Kiver, I was shown a speci- 

 men of this species, in full plumage, in the collection of my colleague, 

 Mr. G. M. Dawson, Naturalist of the English Commission. It had been 

 taken, I understood, some distance east of this point. I did not myself 

 observe the species. 



TOT ANUS SEMIPALMATUS, {Gm.) Temm, 



WiLLET. 



Though the specimens preserved were all taken in August alone, I 

 occasionally observed the species at different times daring both reasons, 

 Bull. iv. No. 3 7 



