246 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [1885. 

 513. Squatarola .squatarola (Lixx.). Black-hellied Plover. [510.] 



Sterns, p. 118, reports it pleutiful in South Labrador. Not observed 

 in the Ungava district. Not breeding. 



515. Charadrius dominicus Mull. Jme7-ican Golden Plover. [503.] 



Occurs, in fall only, at the mouth of the Koksoak. Common in the 

 southern and western portions near the coast. Not known to breed 

 there. 



517. JEgialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated Plover. [507.] ** 



Occurs abundantly throughout the coast region. Eggs, downy young, 

 and adults obtained from Ungava, and downy young with their parents 

 obtained from Davis Inlet. Known as "Beach Bird " in Labrador. 



525. Philohela minor (Gmel.). American Woodcock. [522.] 



Several persons assured me that they had killed Woodcocks on the 

 eastern portions of the Labrador shore. 



526rt. Gallinago wilsoni (Temm.). Wilson's Sni2)e. [523.]** 



I heard and saw a male making the peculiar noise with its wings, in 

 early June, over a swamp to the north of Davidson's Lake, a few miles 

 from Fort Chimo. Specimens were procured, June 15, 18G0, by Drexler, 

 at Rupert House. 



Coues, p. 229, met with a single specimen. 



527. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.). Bed-hreasied Snipe ; Gray Snipe. [524.] 



Eare at Fort Chmio. Common in southern and western jjortions. 

 Specimens obtained at Fort Chimo and Davis Inlet. 



529. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot; Bohi^i Snipe. [.526.] 



Audubon, vol. v, p. 256, states that it ranges along the coast from 

 Texas to Labrador, but does not record having met with it in the latter 

 country. 



Coues, p. 229, obtained at Henley Harbor a few specimens in imma- 

 ture plumage. 



530. Arquatella maritima (Brunx.). Purple Sandpiper. [528.] 



Although I can find no record of the. occurrence of this species in 

 Labrador, yet it abounds on the Atlantic coast to the north and south 

 of Labrador in spring and fall. 



534. Actodromas maculata (ViEiLL.). Pectoral San dpipter. [531.]** 



Common almost everywhere on the coast. Specimens procured by 

 Coues, p. 230 ; Stearns, p. 119, and by myself. 



536. Actodromas fuscicoUis (ViEiLL.). Bonaparte's Sandpiper. [533.] 



Excessively abundant at the mouth of the Koksoak River in July, 

 August, and September; also on the eastern shore of Labrador. Not 

 known to breed in the country. 



