150 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Many eggs ; one set taken by Mr. ]. B. Tyrrell at Sounding 

 Lake, Alta., in June, 1886. All the others were taken at Crane 

 Lake, Assa., by Mr. W. Spreadborough, on June 9th, 1894. 



Family XXL SCOLOFACID.S Snipes, Sandpipers, &c. 

 LXXXV. SCOLOPAX Linn^us. 1758. 



221. European Woodcock. 



Scolopax rusticola Linn. 1758. 



A single specimen is said to have been killed in the neighbour- 

 hood of St. Johns, Newfoundland, in January, 1862. {Reeks.) A 

 specimen was shot at Chambly, Quebec, on the nth November, 

 1882, by a French Canadian, and was secured by Mr. Brock 

 Willett. It was sent to the late Mr. William Couper to be stuffed, 

 who recorded its occurrence in the CuTiadian Sportsman and Natu- 

 ralist. (Wintte.) 



- LXXXVI. PHILOHELA Gray. 1841. 

 228. American Woodcock. 



Philohela minor (Gmel.) Gray. 1841. 



Several persons stated they had killed Woodcock on the east- 

 ern shores of Labrador. {Packard.) 



This species is common in Nova Scotia and breeds early in 

 spring Downs.) An abundant summer resident in New Bruns- 

 wick where it also breeds. {Cha?nberlain) Found breeding at 

 Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, August 17th, 1888 ; common 

 in Quebec and Eastern Ontario, but more abundant in the western 

 part of the province. It breeds throughout its range. Not so 

 common as formerly in most parts of Ontario. 



This species is a rare summer resident in Manitoba, and pro- 

 bably does not extend farther west than Brandon, as no specimens 

 have ever been -seen or recorded beyond that place — 150 miles 

 west of Winnipeg. 



Breeding Notes.— A pair nested in a field near Bracebridge, 

 Muskoka, Ont., a few years since, but the species is rare in this 

 district. {Spreadborough.) It is becoming scarcer every year in 



