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procured or seen at Wales sound, Hudson strait, in 1885. (Payne.) 

 A summer migrant, but rare, at Cow Head, Newfoundland ; an un- 

 common winter resident on the Nova Scotia coast ; not rare on the 

 coast of New Brunswick in winter ; occasional at Beauport, Montreal, 

 and other points on the river St. Lawrence. Occasional at Ottawa, 

 Ont., — one taken by Mr. N. Forbes on the Rideau river, October 

 28th, 1885, and another by Mr. G. R. White. The same year one 

 specimen was taken at Hamilton, Ont., by Dr. K. C. Mcllwraith, 

 and a few others since. Fleming records it as a rare but regular fall 

 migrant at Toronto, Ont. It has never been noticed in the west, 

 and seems to be solely a northeastern bird. 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds so far to the north that 

 we can add nothing to what Sir John Richardson said so many 

 years ago — that it breeds abundantly on Melville peninsula and 

 the northern shores of Hudson bay. 



236. Aleutian Sandpiper. 



Arquatella couesi Ridgw. 1880. 



This bird nests throughout the Aleutian chain from the western- 

 most island east to the Shumagin group, south of Aliaska. In 

 its autumnal wanderings it extends all along the eastern shore of 

 Bering sea and even along the coast of the Arctic sea. Its winter 

 range includes the Aleutian islands and the coast of Kadiak, with the 

 mainland to Sitka and probably farther south. ^Nelson.) This 

 species arrives at St. Michael early in May, and is then strictly 

 littoral-maritime, resorting to the larger boulders and rocky shelves 

 covered with sea-weed, among which the birds search for slugs and 

 other marine worms. {Turner.) One specimen taken on Kadiak 

 island, Alaska. (Grinnell.) One specimen taken by Figgins at 

 Homer and three males and two sets of eggs by Anderson at Mueller 

 bay, Alaska. (Chapman.) Three specimens in winter plumage 

 were obtained at Port Clarence, Alaska, Aug. 22nd, 1898. (Mc- 

 Ilhenny.) 



Breeding Notes.— The Aleutian sandpiper arrives at St. Michael 

 early in May of each year and in considerable numbers, being gener- 

 ally, on its arrival, in the dark plumage, which is changed for that 

 of summer by the first of June in this locality. By the middle of 

 June it is rare to see one of these birds in the winter plumage. On 



