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describes the nest and eggs : " The nest was in a tolerably dry 

 sandy place, and each time the bird left it, she flew to the creek, 

 where she skulked and hid among the long grass, behaving in a 

 manner unlike its habit during the spring and fall migration. 

 It was constructed of bits of bark, moss, grass and rootlets, a 

 considerable quantity of material being used. The three eggs 

 are bluntly pyriform, the ground-colour drab, and the texture of 

 the shell very fine and delicate ; in fact so much so that they 

 required very tender handling in blowing. They are spotted all 

 over, the spots and specks varying in size from a pin's head to a 

 small pea; chsre are no blotches, but a few shell markings. 

 These eggs are a trifle larger than Spotted Sandpiper's, averaging 

 1.25 X i.oo inch." 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Six specimens in the collection, one taken at London, Ont., 

 purchased with the Holman collectipn ; one taken at Ottawa 

 by Mr. Fred Saunders ; one taken on Toronto Island by Mr. S. 

 Herring ; two taken at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892, and 

 another at Kicking Horse Lake, Rocky Mountains, August 13th, 

 1890, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



256a. Cinnamon Solitary Sandpiper. 



Helodromas solitarius cimiamomeus (Brewster) A. O. 



U. CoMM, Ms., 1899. 



Summer resident in the interior of British Columbia ; at Ducks 

 near Kamloops, I saw individuals that were not yet able to fly. 

 and must have been hatched in the vicinity. {^Streatar) 



257. Green Sandpiper. 



Helodromas ochropus (Linn.) Kaup. 1829. 



An individual of this species exists among a collection of birds 

 from the North-west Territories, sent to the British Museum by 

 the Hudson's Bay Company. Pennant says he also observed it 

 among birds collected by Mr. Kuckan in North America. {Rich- 

 ardson.) Accidental in Nova Scotia. {A. 0. U. List.) 



