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This bird may be said to make its summer home and bring forth 

 its young from Ungava bay on the northeast coast of Labrador to 

 Alaska on Norton sound. It is, however, more plentiful east of the 

 Mackenzie than west of it. It is known only as a rare migrant in 

 British Columbia, and not known to breed. 



Breeding Notes. — ^This bird is found every fall and spring 

 on the gravelly bars at the foot of Amherst island. Lake Ontario. 

 There, on the 24th of June, 1895, I found a nest containing four 

 fresh eggs. It was built on a gravelly beach, at no great distance 

 from the water, amongst a spring growth of a little grass and sedge, 

 and in the early spring would probably have been within reach of 

 the high water. I met with two pairs of these birds at the Magdalen 

 islands in June, 1897, but could not locate the nest though I knew 

 they were breeding. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 



This bird is quite common on parts of the Arctic coast and along 

 the Anderson and Lockhart rivers, as well as in the country between 

 Fort Anderson and Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie river. Most of the 

 twenty nests taken contained four eggs, and several but two or three. 

 When closely approached, the female glided from the nest and ran 

 a short distance before flying, occasionally drooping her wings and 

 pretending lameness. The nest is a mere cavity in the sand, lined 

 with a few withered leaves and grasses. {Macfarlane.) In June, 

 1896, this species was found to be common from Moose Factory, 

 James bay to Richmond gulf, Hudson bay. On the i8th June 

 Mr. A. P. Low found a nest containing four eggs. Nest in sand, 

 beside a stone, composed of a little dry grass. This bird was 

 observed throughout the interior of" Labrador in summer wherever 

 there were large lakes with sandy shores. Common along both 

 shores of James bay in 1904. On July 7th saw young still unable to 

 fly. (yV. Spreadborough.) A nest found by Bishop at Lake Marsh, 

 Yukon district was a hollow, lined with a few grasses and dead 

 leaves and was situated about eight feet from the water in the 

 drift debris among the stones on the beach. 



275. Ring Plover. 



Mgialitis hiaticula (Linn.) Boie. 1822. 



Breeds generally in Greenland and found on Clavering and Sabine 

 islands; said to be abundant on the shores of Possession bay and 



