l62 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



the first of July, a trifle later than the other waders. {Murdoch.') 

 There is no doubt that the breeding-ground of this species 

 extends from the west side of Hudson Bay along the Arctic coast 

 to Point Barrow. Spreadborough saw three on a small island in 

 James Bay on June i6th, 1896, and believes they were breeding. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine specimens ; seven taken at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 



1892, and two on Stubbs Island, west coast of Vancouver Island, 

 August 23rd, 1893, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



242. Least Sandpiper. 



Tringa vtinutilla Vieill. 18x9. 



One shot in the spring of 1867 on Noursoak Peninsula, Green- 

 land. {Arct. Man.) One taken at Disco Fjord, 1878. (Winge.) 

 A common summer migrant along the whole Atlantic coast, 

 including the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and doubtless breeds in 

 small numbers in eastern and northern Labrador as well as 

 on Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands. It is a common migrant 

 in Quebec and Ontario, and extends as a migrant across the con- 

 tinent to the Pacific coast, where it was seen in large flocks on 

 Stubbs Island, west of Vancouver Island, 1893. It is also found in 

 the interior of Alaska, and may be said to be a bird of general dis- 

 tribution, although very little is known of its breeding habits. 

 Mr. Dippie collected specimens at Reaburn, Man., on June 15th, 



1893, and believes a few pairs breed there. 



Breeding Notes. — Audubon, Vol. V., p. 282, states that he 

 found the nest and eggs July 20th, 1833, in Labrador. Turner 

 believes that a few pairs breed at the mouth of the Koksoak 

 River, Ungava Bay. Spreadborough believes it breeds in James 

 Bay and at Indian Head, Assa. Dr. Coues suspects that it breeds 

 at Turtle Mountain, on the boundary of Manitoba. The writer 

 found young birds on Anticosti, near Southwest Point, in August, 

 1883, and very young birds at the east end of the Cypress Hills, 

 Assa., on August 2nd, 1880. One nest was taken on Sable Island 

 last summer (1899) by Mr. Boutillier, superintendent of life-saving 

 stations. 



This species was found breeding abundantly at Fort Anderson, 

 on the borders of, as well as in, the Barren Grounds, and on the 



