484 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 



535. McKay Snowflake.. 



Passerina hyperborea (Ridgw.) Ridgw. i 898. 



Western Alaska, breeding on Hall island, (and probably St. 

 Matthew island) Behring sea. (A. 0. U. Check-List.) Two speci- 

 mens of this rare bird were recently sent to me from Bethel, 90 

 miles up the Kuskokwin river, in the western part of Alaska. This 

 is probably the farthest inland at which the bird has yet been found. 

 (Witmer Stone in The Auk, Vol. XV., 269, 1898.) Hall island, 

 Behring sea, Aug. 4th, 1891. They were in large numbers on the 

 beach and appeared to be breeding in the cliffs. (/. M. Macoun.) 



CCXVIII. CALCARIUS Bechstein. 1803. 



536. Lapland Longspur. 



Calcariiis lapponicus (Linn.) Stejn. 1882. 



Breeds generally throughout Greenland as well as on the MelviUe 

 peninsula and other lands to the westward of Davis strait. {Arct. 

 Man.) Abundant at Fort Chimo, Labrador. Breeds near the 

 mouth of the Koaksoak river and on the larger islands. {Packard.) 

 Found everywhere along with the snowflake north of Hudson bay. 

 First noted at FuUerton in the spring of 1904 during the last week 

 in May. {A. P. Low.) One observed on a small island in James 

 bay, June 15th, 1896; not seen again until September; then I saw 

 them in large numbers on the barren ground below Fort Chimo. 

 Observed a pair at East point, James bay, July 9th, 1903, appa- 

 rently breeding. Common in the latter part of August from Cape 

 Henrietta Maria to Albany. (Spreadborough.) Taken at Disco, 

 Greenland, where they were breeding 1891. Common in north- 

 eastern Labrador after August 3rd. Breed about Naohvak and 

 northwest to Hudson strait. South of Nachvak they occur only as 

 migrants. (Witmer Stone.) Rather common 10 miles north of 

 Fort Churchill, on the shores of Button bay, where an immature 

 bird was taken July 3 1 st, 1 900. Abundant on the ' ' barren grounds ' ' 

 south of Cape Eskimo, August 4th. (Edward A. Preble.) Fort 

 Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) Only one specimen taken at Prince 

 of Wales sound, Hudson strait, on May 14th, 1885; none others 

 were seen. (Payne.) Not uncommon in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 



