Vol. XXXIV) Hersey, The Black-throated Loon in N. A. 285 
his drawings were made but probably they were European birds. 
R. Bell records (Rep. Prog. Geol. Surv. Canada) male, female and 
young shot on Nottingham Island, Hudson Strait, August 28, 
1884. If these birds were preserved they are not now in the mu- 
seum at Ottawa. Mr. J. H. Fleming states that birds from Hud- 
son Strait in his collection are pacifica. Mr. W. A. Stearns men- 
tions (Notes on the Nat. Hist. of Labrador) two specimens shot 
by one of the French priests at Bersimis but does not indicate what 
finally became of them or if either was preserved. Dr. Charles 
W. Townsend informs us he does not know of any Labrador speci- 
men of this species in:any collection. 
It appears that some form of Black-throated Loon occasionally 
occurs on the Labrador coast but until a specimen is secured and 
compared with specimens of pacifica it seems best to consider all 
records as more or less questionable. 
Greenland: As Gavia arctica occurs in Iceland, it seems probable 
that it may occasionally be found in southern Greenland but there 
does not appear to be any trustworthy record. Mr. J. H. Fleming 
writes that he has specimens from the Carey Islands north of 
Baffin Bay and they are Pacific Loons. 
Quebec: All records for this province that I‘have seen refer to 
Labrador. 
New Brunswick: Baird, Brewer and Ridgway (Water Birds, 
Vol. 2) mention a single specimen taken at Point Lepreau, in the 
Bay of Fundy. This is the same as the record in the ‘ Proc. Bost. 
Soe. of Nat. Hist.,’ Vol. 17. It is very indefinite and no further 
information is given. Herrick’s statement (Bull. Essex Inst., 
Vol. 5) that this species “occurs in winter” at Grand Manan is 
not verified by more recent observers or substantiated by specimens. 
Maine: A bird taken at Cutler, Maine, in December, 1881, is 
said to be in the possession of Mr. Newell Eddy of Bay City, 
Michigan. Knight says (Birds of Maine) that its correct identifica- 
tion has been “shown to be unquestionable.”’ As so many speci- 
mens supposed to be correctly identified have proved to be some- 
thing very different, it seems desirable that this bird be reexamined. 
I am informed by Mr. Norman A. Wood that Mr. Eddy has 
recently passed away and it is not possible, at this time, to examine 
the birds in his collection. 
