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coast to the north and south of Labrador in spring and fall. 

 (Turner) Only one was procured or seen at Prince of Wales 

 Sound, Hudson Strait, in 1885. {Paytie.) A summer migrant, 

 but rare, at Cow Head, Newfoundland ; an uncommon winter 

 resident on the Nova Scotia coast ; not rare on the coast of 

 New Brunswick in winter; occasional at Beauport, Montreal, 

 and other points on the River St. Lawrence. Occasional at 

 Ottawa, Ont., — one taken by Mr. N. Forbes on the Rideau 

 River, October 28th, 1885, and another by Mr. G. R. White. The 

 same year one specimen was taken at Hamilton, Ont., by Dr. K. C. 

 Mcllwraith, and a few others since. It has never been noticed in 

 the west, and seems to be solely a northeastern bird. 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds so far to the north that 

 we can add nothing to what Sir John Richardson said so many 

 years ago — that it breeds abundantly on Melville Peninsula and 

 the northern shores of Hudson Ba}-. 



236. Aleutian Sandpiper. 



Tringa couesi (Ridgw.) Hartlaub. 1883. 



This bird nests throughout the Aleutian chain from the western- 

 most island east to the Shumagin group, south of Aliaska. In 

 its autumnal wanderings it extends all along the eastern shore of 

 Behring Sea and even along the coast of the Arctic Sea. Its 

 winter range includes the Aleutian Islands and the coast of 

 Kadiak, with the mainland to Sitka and probably farther south. 

 {Nelson?) This species arrives at St. Michael early in May, and 

 is then strictly littoral-maritime, resorting to the larger boulders 

 and rocky shelves covered with sea-weed, among which the birds 

 search for slugs and other marine worms. {Turner) 



Breeding Notes. — The Aleutian Sandpiper arrives at St. 

 Michael early in May of each year and in considerable numbers, 

 being generally, on its arrival, in the dark plumage, which is 

 changed for that of summer by the first of June in this locality. 

 By the middle of June it is rare to see one of these birds in the 

 winter plumage. On assuming the summer plumage, their habits 

 are entirely changed. They build their nests on the dryer places 

 of the marshy ground, and are usually seen singly or in pairs. 

 The nest is comfortably made of dry grasses and a few feathers, 

 placed on a dry tuft of grass, perhaps, surrounded by water. 



