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LXXXIX. MICROPALAMA Baird. 1858. 

 333. Stilt Sandpiper. 



Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.) Baird. 1858. 



Not common at Cow Head, Newfoundland. One specimen 

 killed in September, 1867. {Reeks) Three seen and one shot at 

 Courtenay Bay, New Brunswick, September 8th, 1881. {Chamber- 

 lain.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Wright.) A number of 

 specimens have been taken in Ashbridge Bay, Toronto, Ont.^ 

 one as late as July 28th, so that it is possible a few pairs may 

 breed. 



It seems to be rare in Manitoba, as Seton-Thompson records 

 only one positive capture, but Spreadborough found it common at 

 Indian Head, Assa., in September, 1891. In the following spring it 

 was first seen on the i8th May, and had disappeared by June 

 5th. Dr. Coues obtained specimens in a pond near the 

 eastern base of the Rocky Mountains on August i6th, 1874, in 

 Lat. 49°. Sir John Richardson says it is not uncommon up to 

 the 60th parallel and still farther north. It is frequent in 

 the interior in the breeding season, and resorts to the shores of 

 Hudson Bay in autumn, before going south. It was found by 

 Ross on the Mackenzie as far north as Fort Simpson, but rare. 

 Our records of this species are scanty, but its chief breeding- 

 haunts are likely along the southwest side of Hudson Bay. 



Breeding Notes. — The Stilt Sandpiper was fairly abundant on 

 the shores of Franklin Bay, where a number of nests with eggs 

 and young were discovered. It is, however, very rare in the 

 interior, only one nest being taken at Rendezvous Lake on the 

 borders of the wooded country east of Fort Anderson. (Mac- 

 farlane.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Of this species there are six specimens ; one taken in Toronto 

 marsh in 1875 by Mr. S. Herring, and the others at Indian Head, 

 Assa., in May, 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



XC. THING A LiNN^us. 1758. 



'534. Knot, Grey-back. Bobin Snipe. 



Tringa canutus Linn. 1758. 



Rare in the south of Greenland but often met with in the 

 north ; believed not to breed below Lat. 68° ; reported to have 



