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Sea, in the vicinity of St. Michael and the Yukon mouth. It 

 frequents the Arctic coasts of Alaska in addition to being found 

 throughout the interior along streams where suitable flats occur. 

 (Nelson.) Abundant in all the Aleutian Islands and at St. Michael 

 outnumbers all other waders.. {Turner.) A male taken at Ducks, 

 near Kamloops, B.C., August 22nd, 1889. (Streator.) An abun- 

 dant resident ; it is found throughout the year at Victoria, 

 Vancouver Island. {Fannin) Abundant in the fall at Sumas 

 Lake, in the Lower Fraser valley. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — This species arrives at St. Michael by the 

 middle of May. About the first of June it begins to build its 

 nest among the dry mosses found on the low grounds. The nest 

 is only a slight depression in the moss, containing a few feathers. 

 Four or five eggs are laid. The male assists in incubating, as the 

 first specimen which I obtained fluttered from the nest as if it were 

 wounded. His fluttering wings, low piping note, and limping gait 

 caused me to detect the nest almost at my feet. {Turner.) By the 

 1st of June, and earlier in some seasons, they have eggs, and in one 

 instance young were found as early as June 7th. Their nests are 

 usually on the drier part of the tundra, generally on a mossy 

 hummock or slight swell. A sheltering bunch of dwarf willow 

 or a few grass stems, in a tuft, form a favorite cover. The eggs 

 are sometimes placed on a thin layer of dead grass-stems, or 

 willow leaves, loosely arranged, but very commonly the mat of 

 dry grass or willow leaves afforded by the spot chosen serves as 

 the nest without special arrangement. {Nelson.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two specimens — a male and female, both taken on Stubbs 

 Island, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, August 29th, 1893, 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



LXXXVII. CALIDRIS CuviER. 1799-1800. 

 . 248. Sanderling. 



Calidris arenaria Linn.) Leach. 1816. 



Scarce, and said not to breed further south in Greenland than 

 Lat 68°, but the young have been obtained at Godthaab ; breeds 

 at Sabine Island and Parry Islands. {Arct. Man.) Winge reports 

 it from several localities in Greenland. It is said to be a much 

 commoner migrant in the autumn than in the spring on the 



