CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS l8l 



found a nest with four eggs on June 26th, 1897, built in a dry 

 grassy place amongst spruce bushes in just such a place as one 

 would occupy in Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young) The writer has 

 found this species breeding in the sandhills at Brackley Point, 

 Prince Edward Island, and on Cape Forteau, near Yarmouth, N.S., 

 where a nest containing four eggs was taken on June 23rd, 1883. 

 On June 29th, 1895, a nest containing four eggs was taken on the 

 shore of Cypress Lake, Assa. The nest was of dried grass con? 

 cealed under a tuft of old grass close to the lake and was only 

 discovered by flushing the bird. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten specimens ; two taken at Toronto, Ont., by Mr. S. Her- 

 ring ; the others by Mr. W. Spreadborough at Indian Head, 

 Assa., at Canmore and Banff, Alberta, and at Revelstoke, 

 Griffin Lake and Spence's Bridge, B. C. 



We have eggs taken on the Upper Hamilton River, Labrador, 

 by Mr. A. P. Low, June 25th, 1894 ; and another set taken at 

 Repulse Bay, Hudson Strait, by Captain A. Manny in June, 1896; 

 a third set was taken by the writer at Cypress Lake, Assa, June 

 29th, 1895. 



XCVII. NUMENIUS Brisson. 1760. 

 264. Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longirostris Wils. 1814. 



A rare migrant in Newfoundland, and still rarer in Nova Scotia 

 and New Brunswick. Rather more common in Quebec and 

 Ontario, but only known as a migrant. In Manitoba this bird is 

 comparatively rare as a breeding bird, but in Assiniboia and 

 Alberta it is common, and extends its breeding-grounds across 

 the Rocky Mountains into British Columbia, where Mr. Fannin 

 found it breeding at Okanagan and Similkameen. Its range to 

 the north is limited, as we have no notices of it from north of 

 the prairie districts, and only one specimen is recorded from 

 Alaska. A few specimens have been taken at Victoria and in 

 the Lower Fraser valley, B.C. 



Breeding Notes. — A nest of this species was taken by Col. 

 Wyndham on the Bow River, about fifty miles southeast of Cal- 

 gary, Alta. Nest just a hollow in the ground, on the bare prairie 

 lined with a few straws. {Dippie.) 



