88 Bird-Life in Labrador. 



They were very tame. A short clause from my notes reads : 

 To-day we all put off Nabisippi. We spent the time lying 

 to about a mile offshore and shooting at the gulls, of which 

 large numbers surrounded us. It was the species known as 

 Bonaparte's gull, which abounds about the shoal waters and 

 fishing grounds everywhere along this part of the coast. I 

 cannot find any record of its breeding in Labrador, though it 

 doubtless does breed here. 



ARCTIC TERN 



Sterva macnira. — Xaum. 



I SUPPOSE both this species and the next to come under the 

 general name of" steerines," given them by the native fisher- 

 men. They appear common along the coast, at least from 

 Esquimaux River and Mingan, where I saw vast flocks of 

 them flying swiftly, apparently on their southern Fall migra- 

 tion. They do not seem to remain to breed. 



COMMON or WILSON S TERN 



sterna hinuido. — Auct. — 



One or two specimens of this species have been secured in 

 Labrador, but it does not appear to be anywhere near as com- 

 mon as its neighbor, the Arctic tern. 



FULMAR FULMAR PETREL 



Fithnarus ghwiidi.s. — (L.) Steph. 



This species doubtless occurs more or less abundantly all 

 along the coast, but its peculiar habit of remaining at a great 

 distance off sliore, and its only occasional occurrence, render 

 it very rare of capture. It has been recorded in one or two 

 instances and doubtless it, with others of the same family, are 

 rci^ular visitants. 



