1908.] 



BIRDS. 



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1864, and in 1865.« Sharpe records specimens taken at Fort Simpson 

 and Fort Eesolution.^ The bird catalogue of tlie National Museum 

 records a specimen from Fort Rae; another from Fort Resolution, 

 taken June 2, 1860, b}^ Kennicott; and one taken on the Arctic coast 

 east of Fort Anderson July 8, 1865, by MacFarlane, and labeled as 

 the parent of four eggs, are still in the collection. Russell took one 

 June 8. 1893. at Fort Chipewyan;^ Macoun records one taken at Ed- 

 monton in May, 1897.^ 



Charadrius dominicus Miill. American Golden Plover. 



In 1903 I first saw this species on Great Bear Lake east of Leith 

 Point August 28. Here it was common until September 6, and a 

 number of specimens were collected. The birds kept in small flocks, 

 sometimes frequenting the sandy beach, but usually frequenting the 

 semibarren rocky areas, where they fattened on berries. After leav- 

 ing this place I noted the species 40 miles east of Mc Vicar Bay 

 September 12, and lastly near Manito Islands September 14. 



In the sj^ring of 1904 I first noted golden plovers at Fort Simpson 

 on May 19, when two or three flocks, aggregating about 50 indi- 

 viduals, were seen flying northward along the Mackenzie. On May 

 21 a flock of 9, comprising both sexes, made its appearance on the 

 fields about the post and remained during the rest of the month. 

 A female from this flock was collected May 23, and others of both 

 sexes were taken on May 25 and 30. A. F. Camsell informed me that 

 a flock almost invariably lingered about the fields for a week or so 

 during each spring. 



Edward Sabine, probably referring particularly to Melville Island, 

 states that this species breeds in considerable abundance in swampy 

 parts of the Xorth Georgia Islands.^' 



J. C. Ross states that this species arrived at Port Bowen, Prince 

 Regent Inlet, about the middle of May, 1825 ; f he later reports it as 

 breeding abundantly at Felix Harbor.^' Walker records eggs taken at 

 Port Kennedy in June, 1859.'' Armstrong mentions that the species 

 Avas shot near Princess Royal Islands, Prince of Wales Strait, June 7, 

 1851 ; ' and that it was frequently taken at Mercy Bay, Banks Land, 

 early in June, 1852.-'' Doctor Rae saw golden plovers near Admiralty 



« Water Birds N. A., I, pp. 136, 137, 1884. 



H'at. Birds Brit. Mns., XXIV, p. 190, 1896. 



cExpl. in P^ar North, p. 2.59, 1898. 



<^Cat. Canadian Birds, Part I, p. 185, 1900. 



^Suppi. to Appendix Parry's First Voyage, p. cxcix, 1824. 



/'Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 102, 1826. 



fi' Appendix to Ross's Second Voyage, p. xxx, 1835. 



'^Proc. Roy. Soc. Dublin, III, pp. 63, 1860. 



^Narrative Discovery Northwest Passage, p. 346, 1857. 



^'Ibid., p. 525, 1857. 



