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and again; “Nor did I see any in Labrador after the first of August.” 
Bigelow noticed it in the extreme south of Labrador. 
Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 
REDSTART. 
Rare summer resident. 
One was obtained by James McKenzie at Rupert House, September 
3, 1860; Brewster (’84, p. 372) reported that ‘‘several [were] seen at 
Fox Bay [Anticosti] and others near Mingan.”  Eifrig says that ‘“‘a 
poor skin of one was shown to Mr. Halkett at Port Burwell by the 
factor of the station, showing that this species occasionally reaches 
the north of Labrador.” 
Motacilla alba Linn. 
Wuitrt WaGTAIL. 
The only record for this bird is by Turner: ‘Four individuals of 
this species were seen by Alex. Brown and James Lyall (of the Hudson 
Bay Company), August 29, 1883, at Hunting Bay, 4 miles south of 
Fort Chimo. These persons described the bird accurately, and de- 
clared they were the two parents and two young of the year. I must 
add that I place the fullest reliance in their assertion.” 
Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). 
AMERICAN Piprt; TiTuarkK; “ WaGTAIL.”’ 
Abundant summer resident throughout the Arctic zone. 
Everywhere in Labrador within the limits of the Arctic zone this 
bird is found breeding. Stearns reported it as common along the 
southern coast as far west as Mingan. Beyond this the forest region 
of the Hudsonian zone comes down to the shore. Audubon met 
with them abundantly, and found a nest with a set of five eggs near 
Cape Whittle on June 29, 1833. On the eastern coast this species is 
everywhere to be found in summer and it has been reported there by 
Coues, Packard, Weiz, and Bigelow. Macoun records a set of eggs 
taken at Hamilton Inlet on June 30, 1895, and another on June 15th 
