CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 1 87 



Reeks says it is a summer resident in Newfoundland, arriving in 

 May, and leaving in October. Spreadborough observed a number 

 about a small salt marsh on the shore of James bay on June 15th, 



1896, and was sure they were breeding. He saw them in 1904 on 

 both sides of James bay, young flying early in July. They have 

 been observed on Hudson bay as far north as Fort Churchill, and> 

 no doubt, breed there. Mr. J.M. Macoun saw a pair, evidently breed- 

 ing, on Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec, in 1885. This species is 

 a common migrant in Manitoba and westward through the whole 

 prairie region and is found in the Rocky mountains and throughout 

 British Columbia as a migrant, though Fannin found it at Burrard 

 inlet all summer. Spreadborough saw it first at Indian Head, - 

 Sask., on April 25th, 1892. By May ist it was common. A few 

 remained to breed as they were seen up to July when he left. Rich- 

 ardson says: — "This is a very common bird in the Northwest Terri- 

 tories, and is seen either solitary or in pairs on the banks of every 

 river, lake and marsh up to the northern extremity of the conti- 

 nent. " Previous to going south from Hudson bay they gather in 

 'small flocks on the shores. 



On the lower Yukon, in Alaska, this bird is not common, and is 

 very rare along the shores of Bering sea. In the upper Yukon 

 region it is, however, more or less common, and skins procured at 

 Fort Reliance were brought to me. Specimens have been taken at 

 Sitka and Kadiak island, and Mr. Lockhart secured its eggs at Fort 

 Yukon. (Nelson.) Bishop saw two birds on Six-mile river close to 

 Lake Marsh, Yukon, and two on Lake Marsh. All were breeding 

 birds. Palmer saw one on St. Paul island, Bering sea. 



Breeding Notes. — This is probably the most abundant and 

 certainly the noisiest of all the waders met with at Fort Anderson, 

 in the Barren Grounds. Nests were taken at Fort Anderson, on 

 the lower Anderson, in the wooded country, and along the rivers 

 which flow through the Barren Grounds. (Macfarlane.) Found a 

 nest on June 8th,- 1906, in northern Alberta. It was made on high 

 ground overlooking a muskeg and consisted of a depression in the 

 ground lined with dry grass. (Raine.) Mr. Spreadborough thought 

 a few pairs bred at Indian Head, Sask., in July, 1892; and in June, 



1897, at Edmonton, in Alberta, he saw them often sitting in dead 

 poplars and upon stubs on the borders of wet meadows, but he 



