Jj'ird-Lijv ill Labrador. !J1 



this species have come under my observation, and I am t<.dd 

 tliat at the nuiscnm at Bersamis there are several sj)ecimeiis 

 taken from these waters, one having been taken the same year 

 I was there (18<S()). The same parties left with me the im- 

 j>ression that there were also eggs of this bird in the same 

 place, though I was unable to verify the statement or hyjioth- 

 esis at the time. 



AMERICAN SED NECKED GREBE 



Podiccpx ;/ri.s('if/('iia Iio/ba'fli.. — (IvElNir.) CouES. 



Tm.s is called locally the " AVabby," and much resend)}es 

 a small loon in it,- Higlit and general appearance. It occurs 

 more to the southward, aud breeds occasionally on the islands 

 with other sea birds. Jt is by no means I'are, yet can iiardly 

 hv called common. 



RAZOR BILLED AUK TINKER TURRE 



ilaiiiania tarda. — (L.) Leach. 



Regarding this and the succeeding characteristic birds of 

 Labrador a book could well be written, but we must ])ass them 

 bv with notices merely brief but to the point. AVith regard 

 to the razor-billed auk, the " tinker" or '' turre " as it is of- 

 ten called, I have noticed them breeding at the Fox Islands, 

 off' Kekarpwei River, in almost as large colonies as the " para- 

 keets " off Parakeet or Greenley Island. I noticed them, 

 also, in thousands about several other small islands, and found 

 that this s])ecies was always very abundant about this locality 

 while much rarer and replaced by the foolish guillemot or 

 " murre " farther northward. Here they breed in the crev- 

 ices of the rocks, long, deep, and narrow clefts being sought, 

 I did not find but a single egg in a nest, but was repeatedly 

 told by the inhabitants that, if I took the eggs, the birds 

 " will lay again another day." The people here systematically 

 take all the etru'S thev can find rey-ularlv twice a week through- 



