OcTOBEn,l902.] BIRDS OF KEEWATIN. 95 



Gallinago major (Gmel). Greater Snipe. 



A snipe sent to the British Museum man}- j^ears ago from ' Hudson's 

 Bay,' and which served as the type of Swainson's Scolopax JeKcams," 

 is identified by Dr. Sharpe as Gallinago major, and so recorded in the 

 British Museum Catalogue.* 



Macrorhampus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Abundant on the meadows bordering Button Baj-near Fort Churchill, 

 Juh' 31. The species was then moving southward, and, with the 

 exception of a few individuals seen about 50 miles below Cape Eskimo 

 August 3, was not again noted. Two specimens were collected. These 

 have been examined by Reginald Heber Howe, jr., in connection with 

 his study of the genus, and he considers them practically typical 

 scoloj)aceu8.'' 



Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper. 



A male bird was shot on the mud beside a small pool on the tundra, 

 about 50 miles north of York Factory, July 19. It was in company 

 with a pectoral sandpiper which was killed by the same shot. It is 

 probabl}' a bird of the year, and has duskj'' back and crown, the 

 feathers of which are edged with rustj- brown, those of wing-coverts 

 being edged with pale buffj^; lower parts buffy, very faintly spotted 

 on sides and flanks; superciliary stripe, cheeks and throat buify 

 whitish, very faintly spotted with brown. Several more individuals 

 were noted on August 12 about 25 miles south of Cape Eskimo. 



Richardson describes one from Hudson Bay,^' and a specimen col- 

 lected by Dr. Rae at Repulse Baj' is recorded in the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



Tringa canutus Linn. Knot. 



A specimen from IN'Ielville Peninsula is described by Richardson.^ 

 One from Repulse Bay, collected by Dr. Rae, and one from ' Hudson 

 Bay' are recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. 



Tringa maritima Briinn. Purple Sandpiper. 



Recorded by Richardson from Winter Island, Melville Peninsula, 

 where at was obtained in June,-^ and by James C. Ross, who says it 

 arrived at Port Bowen, Prince Regent Inlet, early in June.'' Rich- 

 ardson gives a description of a specimen from Hudson Bay;'' and one 



« Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 501, 1831. 

 »See Coues, Auk, XIV, p. 209, 1897. 

 « See Howe, Auk, XVIII, p. 272, 1901. 

 ''Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 381, 1831. 

 «Ibid., p. 387, 1831. 



/Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 354, 1825 (1827). 

 ? Narrative of Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 101, 1826. 

 A Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 382, 1831. From the date of collection, July 

 29, 1822, it is almost certain that it was collected in the vicinity of York Factory. 



