102 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 22, 



katchewan and the outlet of the lake." This specimen is described 

 by Richardson in the appendix to Captain Back's narrative.* Speci- 

 mens referable to ci.rcumcincta have since been taken on Lake Winni- 

 peg on several occasions. 



Arenaria morinella (Linn.). Ruddy Turnstone. 



The iirst turnstones we met with were feeding on the beach at the 

 'whale fishery,' Fort Churchill, July 30. On August 1 we again 

 noted the species a few miles north of Fort Churchill, and August 10 

 to 13 observed many small flocks about 25 miles south of Cape Eskimo. 

 On August 14 I took a specimen just after starting down the coast on 

 my return, and from Fort Churchill to York Factor^-, August 21 to 

 26, we saw many flocks daily. Whenever the birds perceived our 

 boat they would approach and circle about it very slowly, sometimes 

 coming within a few yards of us. Whether they mistook the boat for 

 a rock on which they designed to alight, or were impelled merely by 

 curiosity, I could not tell. 



Under the specific name of inter p res this bird has been recorded by 

 Forster from Severn River,'' by Bell from York Factory,"^ and by 

 Clarke from Fort Churchill.^ Swainson and Richardson say it breeds 

 on Hudson Bay,-'' as it probably does to the northward. The British 

 Museum contains a specimen from Repulse Bay, collected by Dr. Rae. 



Canachites canadensis (Linn.). Hudsonian Spruce Grouse. 



A pair in worn breeding plumage were collected at Oxford House 

 July 3. A flock was started as we were ascending- Hayes River, 

 August 30, and others were seen on Hill River September 3 and 4. 

 A female that was shot September 4 was preserved, and also an adult 

 male of several that were killed on the Echimamish, Sej^tember 14 

 and 15. 



Linnseus based his description of Tetrao canadensis on Edwards's 

 figures of a male and female from Hudson Bay, probal>ly from the 

 west coast; »■ Forster recorded the species from Severn River;'' Murray 

 received it from Trout Lake;' Bell reported it from York Factory;' 

 and a specimen from Fort Churchill is recorded by Clarke." Speci- 



« Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, II, p. 229, 1836. 

 b Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, 

 App., p. 509, 1836. 



«Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 412, 1772. 



('Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 68c (1880). 



t'Auk, VII, p. 321, 1890. 



/ Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 871, 1831. 



cNat, Hist, II, pi. 71, female, 1747; III, pi. 118, male, 1750. 



A Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 389, 1772. 



iEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 224, 1859. 



.^Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1882-3-4, App. Ill, p. 55DD (1885). 



