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The route followed was roughly as follows : From Halifax along 

 the coast of Labrador to Port Burwell, near Cape Chidley, the 

 northeasternmost point of Labrador ; from there, with many devi- 

 ations right and left to some whaling stations, across the northern 

 part of Ungava Bay and westward to Charles Island and Cape 

 Wolstenholme into Evans Strait; south of Southampton Island to . 

 Cape Fullerton, at the entrance of Chesterfield Inlet in the north- 

 western corner of Hudson Bay. Here they remained in winter 

 quarters from October, 1903, to July 18, 1904, at which date the 

 ice broke up sufficiently to admit of their passage out. During this 

 long stay excursions were made inland to the west, northward to 

 Hayes River, and many to Southampton Island. They then sailed 

 out of Hudson Bay over approximately the same route as inward, 

 then from Cape Chidley north to Frobisher Bay, Cumberland 

 Sound, then across Davis Strait to Greenland, and along its coast 

 to latitude 78 40'. They landed at Ellsmere Land and North 

 Devon Island and went quite a distance west into Lancaster Sound, 

 and into Pond's Inlet, along the coast of Baffin Land ; then again 

 eastward on account of the ice, once more into Cumberland Sound, 

 Port Burwell, Kikkerton, Blacklead, etc., and back to Halifax. 



The following is a list of the ornithological material brought back 

 and some of the notes furnished me by Messrs. A. P. Low and 

 A. Halkett. 



1. Gavia arctica. Black-throated Loon. — Four skins, one male, 

 June 17, 1904, and two females, July 16, 1904, at Cape Fullerton, and one 

 from Southampton Island. One full set of 2 eggs, Southampton Island, 

 July 5, 1904. The eggs are dark chocolate, glossy, with a few and small 

 umber spots; size 3.10 X 2 in., and 3.10 X 2.03 in. Common in the 

 northern part of Hudson Bay, but not seen much elsewhere; not seen in 

 winter. Breeds abundantly on Southampton Island in the manner of the 

 common Loon. Stomach contents : stones and fragments of shells, but 

 no fish bones. 



2. Gavia lumme. Red-throated Loon. — Three skins from Cape 

 Fullerton, a male June 17, and 2 females July 16, 1904. One egg, from 

 Cape Chidley, is elongated, dark olive with numerous inconspicuous 

 umber spots or dots. The full set is also two eggs. Size 2. 85 X 1.70. 

 This species is not quite as common as the preceding, still it is not 

 uncommon in the same places. In Labrador it nests on grass tussocks 

 along the ponds or on little islands in them. It can fly directly from the 

 water (A. P. L.), which the preceding species cannot do so easily. Stom- 

 ach contents : fish bones and stones. 



