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near Arctic coast. {Macfarlane.) I met with this species on the 

 Magdalen Islands, and was successful in finding its nest there on 

 June 22nd, 1897. We were driving along the edge of the sand- 

 hills, towards East Cape, on that date. When passing a grassy 

 flat near salt water, a bird of this species rose into the air. I hid 

 myself, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing the bird alight 

 in a dry place in the salt meadow I at once walked almost to 

 the nest, and the bird fluttered away from the four eggs at my 

 feet. They lay with the pointed ends together in a small nest of 

 dried . grass, slightly concealed. Incubation had progressed 

 about a week. I noticed a small flock of these birds at the 

 Magdalen Islands on July 1st, 1897. They were running about, 

 among bunches of sea-weed, feeding. It occurred to me these 

 were possibly non-breeding birds, or else males, the females nest- 

 ing in the neighbouring bog. {Rev. C. J. Young.') 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



.Six specimens, taken at widely separated localities. Three, 

 at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892 ; two on Stubbs Island, off 

 the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., August, iSgs.by Mr. W. 

 Spreadborough ; and one on Unimak Island, Behring Sea, by 

 Mr. J. M. Macoun, in August, 1891. 



242.1. Long-toed Stint. 



Tringa damacensis (Horsf.) Swinh. 1863. 



Asia, breeding toward Arctic coast ; accidental on Otter Island, 

 Behring Sea, Alaska. {A. 0. U. List.) 



243. Dunlin. 



Tringa alpina Linn. 1758. 



Bird of passage. Taken occasionally in Greenland. {Winge.) 

 Accidental in eastern North America, west side of Hudson Bay. 

 (^. 0. U.List.) 



'243a. Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues) A. O. U. List. 1886. 



A rare migrant along the Atlantic coast but commoner in 

 Quebec and Ontario. According to Seton-Thompson it is tolerably 



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