American Coot--Fulica americana Gmelin.

Scarce even in the most southern of the localities visited
Thus on Puntataenkut Creek, where nesting cover is restricted to
sedge marsh. 10 adults were observed on May 16 and again on May 31.
At Dragon Lake, where there is much round-stem bulrush cover suited
to the species nesting requirements, the observed population on
June 9 consisted of one adult with eight downy young, and two other
adults. On Dale Lake, June 20, one adult with six small young, and
three other adults were observed. One adult and three young about
one-third grown, on a cattail-fringed pond near Prince George, July
10; one adult seen and another heard at Maclure Lake. Jahy. LS,. are
the only records for more northern districts It is reported from
Nukko Lake and from Chief Lake but I found none there

‘Semipalmated Plover--Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus

One male a bird of the year, collected on a small sandy beach
at the mouth of Maxan Creek, Bulkley Lake, July 28, is the only
record

Kil ideer--Charadrius vo@&iferus Linnaeus.

Much less common than in southern British Columbia; none was
seen in the Baker Creek Valley but it is reported by residents to
nest there. Adults under observation at Dragon Lake, June 9, at
Bouchie Lake, June 17 and at Dale Lake, June 20, acted in the manner
characteristic of parents with small young. Two full grown ‘young
that frequented a gravel bar in the Bulkley River’
near Bulkley Lake during the last week in July undoubtedly had been
raised there The first transients were recorded at the mouth of
Maxan Creek. one on July 27 and five on July 31.

Wilson Snipe--Capella gallinago (Linnaeus).

One was flushed from a small patch of sedges at Tiltzarone Lake,
May 7, and another from a sedge meadow at Puntchesakut Lake on May 10.
At Goose Lake. May 14, individuals observed in display flight and
heard bleating were considered to represent two nesting pairs. One
was flushed from the mouth of Maxan Creek, Bulkley Lake, July 2&7 and

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