2 6 BiGELOw, Birds of Northcasicrn Labrador. Tf""^ 



August. Though highly esteemed b}- the natives, we could not consider 

 them a delicacy. Drawings which I made of bills of young just fledged 

 show a great resemblance to those of Briinnich's Murre and the common 

 Murre. 



4. Cepphus grylle. Black Guillemot; Pigeon. — The Black Guille- 

 mots were, with one exception, the most numerous of all the sea fowl. 

 They still breed in great abundance on almost all the suitable islands, and 

 are killed in great numbers for food. I was unable to discover any trace 

 whatever of Mandt's Guillemot, although Turner reports it "abundant " 

 on the east coast. 



5. Uria troile. Murre. — We found the Murres fairly common to Ham- 

 ilton Inlet, north of which we saw very few. A large colony was reported 

 to us, however, at Eclipse Harbor. Probably no bird has suffered more 

 from the depredations of the eggers than this, which is in merely a rem- 

 nant of its former numbers. 



6. Uria lomvia. Brijnnich's Murre. — Of about the same occurrence 

 as the Murre, — perhaps even less common. 



7. Alca torda. Razor-billed Auk; Tinker. — Although subject to 

 the same persecution as the Murres, the Razor-billed Auk seems to have 

 stood it better, and is still abundant all along the coast. We found them 

 in July in considerable numbers in the lanes in the floe ice. They breed 

 in company with the Murres. 



8. AUe alle. Dovekie; Bull Bird. — Reported as very common in 

 winter. I observed only one, off Cape Harrison, on September 18. 



9. Stercorarius pomarinus. Pomarine Jaeger. — Rather rare ; much 

 less common than the other jaegers. 



10. Stercorarius parasiticus. Parasitic Jaeger. 



11. Stercorarius longicaudus. Long-tailed Jaeger. — These two 

 jaegers were rather common, usually two or three following each flock of 

 Kittiwakes. They went together indiscriminately, and their habits seemed 

 to be identical. 



12. Rissa tridactyla. Kittiwake. — By far the most abundant of all 

 the sea fowl. We met them continually in large flocks. After the young 

 left the nest, they assembled together in enormous numbers to pursue 

 the caplin, and, in company with the other gulls, made a deafening up- 

 roar. We found the j'oung ones very good eating. 



13. Larus glaucus. Burgomaster. — We found Burgomasters com- 

 mon north of Cape Harrison, though they seldom gathered in large flocks. 

 At Port Manvers they were particularly abundant. We could find no evi- 

 dence of their nesting, though young birds appeared in great numbers 

 about the end of August. 



14. Larus marinus. Black-backed Gull. — Common; rather less so 

 than the Burgomasters. Breeding commonly. Two young, kept in cap- 

 tivity, had enormous appetites and became very tame. They were ready 

 to fly by August 15. 



15. Larus argentatus smithsonianus. Herring Gull. — Common all 

 along the coast. 



