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Totanus flavipes Lesser Yellow-legs 
Lesser Yellow-legs were breeding in some numbers in the burnt slashings 
near Wharton lake. Several nests were taken there this spring by Rauch 
and Harlow, but at the time of the visit to the lake the young were half 
grown. The party are indebted to Mr. Rauch for a very fine nest in situ 
and downy young which he presented to the Museum and which have 
been exhibited as a habitat group. An account of nesting habits near 
Belvedere is given by J. Fletcher Street, Auk, XL, 1923, pages 577-583, 
5 Pis. The species was noted until September 17. 
Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper 
A scarce breeder about Belvedere. Reported by Henderson to have 
been more common formerly and still numerous in Fort Assiniboine district. 
Several nests have been found. The latest record for the species was 
September 6. 
Unfortunately in deference to the egg collectors present few undoubted 
breeding birds were taken. Three specimens taken June 5 and 28, are all 
T.s. solitaria. A considerable series taken after July 2 are solitaria and 
cinnamomeus mixed. The writer is strongly inclined to believe that the 
breeding bird is solitaria , but that cinnamomeus migrants come in early. 
This agrees with what exact information is had elsewhere southward 
along the eastern margin of the foothills. 
Bartramia longicauda Upland Plover 
Singles seen or taken July 21 to September 9. Henderson reports 
having found one nest in his experience in the country. 
Aditis macularia Spotted Sandpiper 
Common in all suitable localities. 
Squatarola squatarola Black-bellied Plover 
A few reported by Laing and Harrold September 9 to 15. 
Pluvialis dominica Golden Plover 
One reported by Laing August 27. 
Oxyechus vociferus Killdeer 
Common breeder. 
Charadrius semipalmata Semipalmated Plover 
Adults noted from July 14 to 23. 
Perdix perdix Gray (Hungarian) Partridge 
As the ultimate camp ground was approached from Busby, May 20, 
two birds were seen by the roadside that Henderson said were the first 
he had seen in Belvedere region. Since then he reports a covey wintering 
about his barns. This is the present extreme range for this introduced 
species in this direction. 
Canachites canadensis Spruce Partridge 
Said to have been once quite common, now much scarcer, and this 
year with all the grouse at their low ebb, decidedly rare. Only a single 
individual was seen and no information was obtained of any others. 
