250 PJROCEEDLNGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [1885. 



613. Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck; Suvimtr Duck. [5a7.] 



Stearns, p. 120, reports it not rare iu the interior of Labrador. 



618. ^thyia americana (Eyt.). Bedhead. £oDL] 



Stearns, p. 120, reports it as common, and saw an individual, Septen> 

 ber 20, iu Baie des Roches. 



619. Clangula islaudica (Gmel.). Barrow's Golden-eye. [594.] 



Obtained specimens from Davis Inlet. Plentiful in the fall on the 

 Labrador coast. 



620. Clangula clangula americana (Bp.). American Golden-cije. [593.] 

 Specimens were obtained from Ungava Bay, where it is abundant in 



fall, as it is also on the Labrador coast. 



622. Histrionicus histrionicus (LiXN.). Harlequin Duck. [596.] 

 Abundant in Hudson Strait. Specimens from Ungava Bay, where 



this duck certainly breeds. Plentiful on the eastern coast of Labrador. 



623. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). Long-tailed Duck ; Old Squaw. [597.]** 

 Abundant in the proper season along the entire coast. Eggs, downy 



young, and adults were procured at Fort Chimo. 



624. Camptolaimus labradorius (Gmel.). Labrador Duck. [600.] 

 Formerly abundant. Now supposed to be extinct. 



627. Somateria mollissima (Linn.). Common Eider. *(?)** 



Abundant in Hudson Strait. Eggs, young of the year, and adults 

 procured in Ungava Bay. Plentiful on eastern and southern coasts. 



627a. Somateria dresseri Shakpe. American Eider. [606.] *(?)** 

 Common on south shore of Labrador. 



629. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King Eider. [608.] *(?) ** 

 Abundant on Atlantic coast of Labrador, where it is reported to 



breed. Nest and eggs were found by N. A. Comeau near Mingan {vide 

 Canadian Naturalist and Sportsman, vol. i, No. 7, p. 51, July 15, 1881). 

 Not known to enter Hmlsou Strait. 



630. Oidemia americana Sw. & EiCH. Amei-ican Scoter. [604.] 



Obtained at the mouth of the Koksoak River. Abundant in Hudson 

 Strait and eastern shore of Labrador, where it is reported to breed spar- 

 ingly. 



632. Melanetta velvetina (Cass.). American Velvet Scotei: [601.]** 



Obtained from the eastern shore of Labrador. Common along all the 

 coast. 



The Q^. fusca of Audubon, vol. vi, p. 333, doubtless refers to this 

 species, and he reports it as common. Nesting and young able to swim 

 from June 1 to July 28. 



