94 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 22, 



from Fort Churchill;" and a specimen, collected at Repulse Baj' by Dr. 

 Rae, is noted in the British Museum Catalogue. King observed the 

 species near the mouth of Great Fish Kiver.* 



Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). Northern Phalarope. 



First seen on the marshes about .50 miles north of York Factory 

 July 19, where a male was taken whose abdominal bareness showed 

 that it had recently been sitting on eggs. The birds were present in 

 numbers, and when 1 left the marshes, about an hour after sunset, were 

 still active and noisy. The species was common at Fort Churchill 

 July 21 to August 21, and abundant on the Barren Grounds below 

 Cape Eskimo August 3 to 8, where an immature bird was collected. 

 While returning down the coast of the Bay August 14: to 26 we saw 

 the species daily, but after leaving York Factory did not again meet 

 with it. 



Macoun records it fi'om an island in James Bay, where about a 

 dozen, evidently breeding, were observed by Spreadborough June 16, 

 1896.'' 



Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson Phalarope. 



Murray records Phalaropus lohatas (Ord) from Severn House.'* 

 Phalai'dptLS lobatus of Ord is supposed to be referable to S. tricolor, 

 and as the species regularly reaches Lake Winnipeg, its occurrence at 

 Severn House is not improbable. 



Philohela minor (Gmel.). Woodcock. 



Recorded by Dr. Bell, who says "I saw one specimen of the wood- 

 cock at York Factory in the end of August."' The woodcock may 

 regularly reach southern Keewatin, but its presence as far north as 

 York Factory must be merely accidental. 



Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson Snipe. 



Several seen on a marsh between Oxford and Back lakes, near 

 Oxford House, September 10, and three or four started beside the 

 Ecfiimamish September 11. 



Two specimens in summer plumage are recorded by Clarke from 

 Fort Churchill," and a specimen said to have been collected by Dr. 

 Rae at Repulse Baj' is listed in the British Museum Catalogue. The 

 catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum collection shows that 

 the species was taken at Moose Factory in 1881. 



«Auk, VII, p. 321, 1890. 



^ Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic, Ocean, II, p. 21, 1836. 



(^Catalogue Canadian Birds, Part I, p. 146, 1900. 



dEdin. New Phil. Jour, (new ser.), IX, p. 225, 1859. 



«Eept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 70c (1880). • 



