CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 169 



LXXXVIII. LIMOSA Brisson. 1760. 



249. Marbled Godwit. 



Limosa fedoa (Linn.) Sabine. 1823. 



This species is only a periodical visitor in Newfoundland, 

 especially in the autumn ; very rare in Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick ; rare in Quebec and Ontario, and always as a migrant. 

 It is a common summer resident from eastern Manitoba to the 

 Rocky Mountains, seeming to prefer the margins of brackish 

 lakes and pools. It is more plentiful north of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway than south of it, and is particularly abundant on 

 the plains south of Battleford, Alberta. 



First seen at Indian Head, Assa., April 29th, 1892 ; after this 

 they kept arriving up to June 24th, when I saw a number in a 

 large marsh. They appeared to be breeding, but I failed to find 

 any nests. (Spreadborough.') Fannin reports this bird from 

 southern British Columbia, in the Similkameen district, and 

 says it breeds east of the Coast Range. 



Breeding Notes. — We have never succeeded in finding the 

 eggs of this species, but it breeds abundantly in the prairie 

 region between Lat. si°-52°. 



MUSEUM specimens. 



One specimen purchased with the Holman collection ; three 

 taken at Indian Head, Assa., May, 1892 ; and two taken at Medi- 

 cine Hat, May, 1894, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



250. Pacific Godwit. 



Limosa lapponica batieri (Naum.) Stejn. 1885. 



This bird was found by Dall to be plentiful at the Yukon 

 mouth ; found by me common at Unalaska and St. Michael in 

 the early part of May. Nelson.) Met with as a migrant on the 

 Aleutian Islands when on their way to the north. It doubtless 

 breeds at St. Michael, but I did not obtain eggs. {Turiur.) This 

 species only occurs at Point Barrow as a straggler after the 

 breeding season. (Mttrdoch. 



Breeding Notes. — This species frequents open grassy parts 

 of the country about St. Michael, and is quick to protest against 



