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284 Hersey, The Black-throated Loon in N. A. Tale 
are two specimens in the National Museum collection (No. 64303, 
St. George Id., Pribilofs, June 22, and No. 76004, St. Michael, 
taken by Nelson) and one in the collection of Mr. Brewster (No. 
48760, Nome, August 20, 1905). All other Alaskan specimens 
that we have examined are pacifica. The breeding of the species 
in Kotzebue Sound appears to rest on the records of Grinnell 
(Pacific Coast Avifauna, No. 1) of two sets of eggs taken in 1899. 
Dr. Grinnell writes under date of April 11, 1916, “In my Kotzebue 
report it is my impression that I simply followed the custom of 
preceding naturalists in the region (Nelson, et al) and used the 
name arctica on no other ground.” He also states, “There are no 
birds in any of our collections, from the Kowak region of Alaska, 
but I think it is justifiable to suppose that they are the same, 
namely pacifica.” 
Hudson Bay Region: In the ‘ Ornithological Results of the Cana- 
dian ‘Neptune’ Expedition to Hudson Bay and Northward,’ 
1903-1904, Eifrig records (Auk, XXII, p. 234) both birds and eggs 
taken at Southampton Island by A. P. Low and that they were 
breeding abundantly. Mr. Taverner writes, “I have Low’s 
Hudson Bay birds and I can see absolutely no difference between 
them and the Pacific. In fact, of some thirty birds taken from 
Southampton Island all along the Arctic Coast and B{ritish] 
C[olumbia] I can make but one form.” 
Cumberland Sound Region: Kumlien’s record (Bull. 15, U. S. 
Nat. Mus.) is apparently our only authority for this region. While 
he states a bird was shot June 24, this specimen is not now in the 
National Museum and no others appear to have been taken. 
Ungava: I do not know on what authority this loon has been 
attributed to Ungava. Turner in his list of Labrador birds 
(Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1885), based principally on his observations 
in Ungava, mentions only Stearns’ record and this record refers 
to the Labrador coast and not to this locality. Mr. W. E. Clyde 
Todd found birds paired and evidently breeding on the east coast 
of James Bay but all were pacifica. Mr. J. H. Fleming writes 
that all birds from James Bay that he has seen were Pacific Loons. 
Labrador: Audubon mentions (Birds of America) that he saw 
a few pairs while in Labrador, but apparently none were secured. — 
He does not state where the specimens were obtained from which 
