Vol. XXIII1 Eifrig, Notes on Northern Birds. 313 



1906 J 



NOTES ON SOME NORTHERN BIRDS. 



BY REV. C. W. G. EIFRIG. 



Knowing that bird notes from the eastern coast of Hudson 

 Bay are very scarce, I asked Mr. A. P. Low, who has made many 

 trips to that and adjacent Territories in the employ of private 

 corporations or the Dominion Geological Survey, for his bird 

 notes entered in his diaries and journals during the .several 

 trips. Unfortunately these had either been mislaid, lost, or given 

 over to the companies to whom the collections had been turned 

 over, with the exception of the few which, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Low, I am here able to present. I add some of my own notes, 

 which may prove of some interest. Mr. Low's notes are in the 

 form as given to me, with the addition of a few explanatory words. 



Notes on Birds taken at Great Whale River, East Coast of Hvdson 

 Bay, Lat. 55° 30', Winter 1898-99. 



"Nov. 4, 1898. Harold killed two Sharp-tailed Grouse and 

 saw three others. Mr. Gillies says that the birds are rare, but 

 have been taken as far north as Little Whale River."— This is, 

 of course, Pcdia>cctes phasianellu.s. Macoun, 'Catalogue of Cana- 

 dian Birds': "Mr. A. P. Low puts its northern limit in Labrador 

 at Lat. 57°." —This would seem to extend the range of this species 

 further east than given by most authors. 



"1899. The following birds winter about Great Whale River: 

 Labrador Jay (Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus), Raven 

 (Corvus corax principalis), Redpoll (Acantkis Unarm?), Chicka- 

 dee {Parus atricapillus, probably hudsonicus), American Cross- 

 bill {Loxia curvirostrata minor), Shrike (Lanius borealis), Canada 

 Grouse (Dendragopus canadensis), Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pedia?- 

 cetes phasianellus), Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), Rock 

 Ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestris)."— This seems quite a list for this 



latitude. 



"April 17. First Snowflake (Plectrophenax nivalis). 



