l66 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



XCIV. MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. i8i6 



231. Dowitcher. Red-breasted Snipe. 



Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.) Leach. i8i6 



Occasional in Greenland. One sent from Fiskenaes to Copen- 

 hagfen in 1824. {Arct. Man.) Rare at Fort Chimo, Ungava. 

 Common in southern and western portions of Labrador. (Turner.) 

 A summer migrant in Newfoundland and breeds. (Reeks.) Fort 

 Churchill, Hudson bay. (Wright.) Migrant in Nova Scotia. (H. 



F. Tufts.) Autumn migrant in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) 

 Not uncommon in Quebec. (Dionne.) Occurs in small flocks along 

 the Richelieu river near St. John, Que., but is rarer near Montreal 

 on the St. Lawrence river. (Wintle.) Regular migrant at Toronto, 

 Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) A pair was shot at Ottawa, Ont., by Mr. 



G. R. White, May 22nd, 1890, and a few others recorded. Mc- 

 Ilwraith says it is a straggler in western Ontario. 



Its breeding grounds seem to be to the north and northwest of 

 Hudson bay. 



232. Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say) Lawr. 1852. 



Migrant in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) Abundant on the 

 meadows bordering Button bay, near Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 

 July 31st. The species was then moving southward and was not 

 seen after August 3rd. (Preble.) Rare migrant at Toronto, Ont. 

 (J. H. Fleming.) 



This species takes the place of M. griseus from Manitoba west- 

 ward. Although not common in eastern Manitoba it becomes 

 abundant to the west, and during migration this species is very 

 plentiful throughout the prairie region. As it arrives in great num- 

 bers on the prairie in August its breeding places are likely south of 

 the Arctic circle. Besides covering much country east of the moun- 

 tains, it is very abundant in Alaska, breeding as far north as Point 

 Barrow, where Murdoch says it is not common in the breeding 

 season. It is very rare in the Rocky mountains, only one being 

 taken at Banff in 1891. Both Lord and Fannin say it breeds in 

 British Columbia, and Brooks found it common in autumn in the 



