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as a rare summer or fall visitant on the shores of the North 

 Pacific and Behring Sea, reachirjg the vicinity of Behring Straits 

 in Norton Sound. A pair were seen one autumn at St Michael 

 and a few others at various times. {Nelson.) Not uncommon 

 along the whole coast of British Columbia. It has been taken 

 in Howe Sound by Mr. R. V. Griffin, at Port Simpson by Mr. W. 

 B. Anderson, and at Nanaimo and Fort Rupert by Lord. It was 

 also found very abundant on Stubbs Island on the west coast of 

 Vancouver Island, in August 1893 by Mr. W. Spreadborough ; it 

 very likely breeds there. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four specimens, all taken on Stubbs Island, off the west coast 

 of Vancouver Island, by Mr. W. Spreadborough in August, 1893. 



CI. ARENAEIA Brisson. i;6o. 



. 283. Turnstone. 



Arenaria ivierpres (Linn.) Vieill. 1819. 



Not common, according to Holbcell, in Greenland. It breeds, 

 however, generally along the coast of Greenland, as well as on 

 Sabine Island and at Cape Brcer Ruys ; also recorded from 

 Winter Island in June, and breeds on the Parry Islands. {Arct. 

 Man.) This species is a common autumn migrant in Newfound- 

 land, less so in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It is more rare 

 in the Gulf and along the River St. Lawrence, and still rarer in 

 Ontario where it is only an occasional visitor. Not uncommon 

 in Manitoba and eastern Assiniboia as a spring and autumn 

 migrant. It was first seen at Indian Head, Assa., May iSth, 1892, 

 and finally left for the north on June 2nd. Its breeding grounds 

 may be said to extend from Hudson Bay westward around the 

 whole Arctic coast of North America and up to the 75th parallel. 

 It also extends along the whole coast of Alaska, breeding in 

 some places, but as a migrant in others. On the British Columbia 

 coast it is always a migrant and not a common one. 



Breeding Notes. — In June, 1864, a dozen birds were observed 

 at Fort Anderson, and one was shot. This species breeds on the 

 shores of Liverpool and Franklin bays, and on the Lower Ander- 

 son River. Several nests were secured in the latter region ; but 



