98 NOETH AMERICAN FAUNA. P^o-22, 



nseus based his description of Scolopax hs&mastica. Forster recorded 

 the species from Churchill River," and Murray from Severn House.* 

 A specimen collected by Dr. Rae at Repulse Bay is recorded in the 

 British Museum Catalogue. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yellow-legs. 



One was seen at Oxford House July 3 and one on upper Hill River 

 July 7. I saw several on the beach near York Factory July 1.3, and 

 at Fort Churchill Jul}' 24. The species was very common on the 

 shores of Button Bay July 31, and about 50 miles below Cape Eskimo 

 August 4 to 8, and was noted wherever we landed on the way back to 

 Churchill. While ascending Hayes River August 39 and 30 we 

 observed a great many, usually in flocks of about a dozen, but after 

 passing the mouth of the Shamattawa, which is in reality the main 

 river, we saw none for several days. Steel and Hill rivers, which 

 compose the other bi-anch of Hayes River, are not so well adapted 

 to the habits of the species and it seems probable that most of the 

 yellow-legs, and probably other sandpipers, migrate up the Shamattawa, 

 where low, sandy shores more often occur. We saw two or three on 

 Knee Lake September 7, one at Oxford House September 10, and 

 several on Playgreen Lake September 17 to 20. 



The catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum collection con- 

 tains the record of a specimen taken at Moose Factory in 1881. 



Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs. 



First met with June 27 at Robinson Portage, where a pair were seen 

 on the marsh and the male was collected. They probably had a nest 

 in the vicinity, as thej* were verj' uneasy and frequently alighted on 

 neighboring dead trees. The species was common at Fort Churchill 

 July 22 to 30, and abundant at Button Bay July 31, and 50 miles below 

 Cape Eskimo August 3 to 8. A few were noted on Hayes River 

 August 30. 



The species is recorded by xindrew Murray from Severn House,* 

 and the catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum collection 

 records a specimen taken at Moose Factory in 1881. 



Totanus totanus (Linn.). Common Redshank. 



The only evidence that this is a North American species is a descrip- 

 tion by Swainson and Richardson of a specimen from Hudson Bay of 

 ^Totconts calidr/'s, the Redshank or Gambet,' which they said existed 

 in the British Museum." The species occupies a place in the ' Hypo- 

 thetical List' of the American Ornithologists' Union Check List on 

 the strength of this record. 



«Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 411 {Scolopax lapponica) , 1772. 

 SEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 225, 1859. 



"Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 391, 1831. (See also Coues, Auk, XIV, p. 211, 

 1897. 



