I/O GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



any invasion of its territory. Its nest was not found, but Dall 

 informs us that it lays two light olivaceous spotted eggs in a 

 rounded depression in a sedge tussock, lined with dry grass. 

 {Nelson^ 



251. Hudsonian Godwit. 



Limosa hcemastica (Linn.) Coues. 1874. 



This species is a common migrant in spring and fall in New- 

 foundland ; an autumn migrant in Nova Scotia ; occasionally in 

 both spring and fall in New Brunswick ; rather rare in Quebec 

 but more so in Ontario. Its line of migration is from the Atlantic 

 coast to Hudson Bay, as it is frequently taken at Churchill and 

 York Factory. It is rare in Manitoba and Assiniboia, and none 

 remain to breed. It was first seen by Spreadborough at Indian 

 Head, Assa., on May nth, 1892, afterwards a few stragglers 

 passed north but none remained. Richardson says this species 

 breeds abundantly on the Barren Grounds and on the shores of 

 the Arctic Sea and migrates southward in the autumn. 



One single specimen from Nulato and two from the Yukon 

 mouth are all the records we have of the occurrence of this 

 species in Behring Sea. A few have been taken in other parts of 

 Alaska but only as stragglers. (Nelson.') 



Breeding Notes. — This species is not very common on the 

 Barren Grounds, although several nests were taken near the post 

 on the Lower Anderson River. The nests were all mere depres- 

 sions or small holes scooped in the earth, thinly lined with 

 decayed leaves, and in almost every instance they contained four 

 eggs. (^Macfarline.') 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen taken on Toronto Island in 1865, purchased with 

 the Holman collection, and two taken by Mr. W. Spreadborough 

 at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892. 



252. Black-tailed Godwit. 



Limosa limosa (Linn.) Ridgw. 1885. 

 Occasional in Greenland. — Winge. 



