(j Townsund, Some morr Labrador Notes. 



\uU 

 .lull. 



12. Ail it is inaculaiia. SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Common on the 



borders of the riven :» m l lakes. 



18 JEgialitis seniipalmata. Sbmipalmatbd Plover, One Been 

 flying south over the river on August 6. 



II. Bonasa umbellus togata. Canada Ruffed Grouse \ 

 I'.'inuh wuli li:ilt' grows young was seen m the third falls »>n July 27, ami 

 another on July 31 about 7S miles up the river. 



l.v Circus hudaoniUB. Marsh Hawk, a pair of Marsh Hawks 

 were found at the mouth of the Natashquan River, and another inland 

 from i in- village, rhis can- probably had young as one of them was very 

 noisy, repeating i ho whinnying notes ami launching itself u> within thirty 

 yards of me in a threatening manner whenever 1 entered a oertain bog. 

 This was on August 8 and 9. With the exoeption of the record by Mr. 

 Bent and myself in 1909, ludubon's and Steams' records are the only 

 previous ones for this Bpeoies. 



It! Accipitor coopori. l\n>n ti's I1\wk. One Was seen near the 



fourth falls on August 7 and another, or the same bird, on July 30. strains 

 is the only one who has previously recorded this bird. 



17. Buteo borealis boraalis. Red bailed Hawk. v very dark 

 bird of iliis species was seen for three days near a precipitous hill on the 

 branch river. Only when seen from above oould the red tail be distin- 

 guished; from below, the tail seemed nearly black. The Labrador form 



of the Canada Jay is somewhat darker than the same species elsewhere. 

 This tendency to dark plumage is particularly marked In the Labrador 



form of the Horned Owl. It is possible that I lie same may be tine oi the 



Red-tailed Hawk oi Labrador, although the individual that 1 observed 



may have been merely an exceptional ease of melanism. This same 

 tendonev to darker plumage IS suggested m the Flicker and Yellow \\ arbler 

 as referred to later in this paper, beebe has shown that a damp climate 

 in itself, aside from other environment, tends to darkness in plumage, and 

 the climate of Labrador in summer is damp. 



The piercing or j of this Hawk, well described b> Chapman as suggestive 



of escaping steam, was continually emitted whenever we appeared m the 

 neighborhood. No nest OOUld be found although the bird's aetions sug- 

 gested young The only previous reeords of the bird are as follows: 

 Audubon Bays " a tail feather of ihe Red-tailed Hawk, young, was found 

 [near Cape Whittle]; therefore that speeies exists here." Lahner reeords 

 that " iwo were seen at the Mingan Islands " 



IS. Aivhibiitoo las'opus saiwti -johaimis. RoUG.H-LSG.GKD Haws. 

 \t the tilth falls on July 30 I saw one and another on July 31 near 



IV\ il's Mountain. As it flew towards the cliffs it was greeted by a chorus 



oi shrill whistles \o nest , 1 owever, OOUld be seen 



u> Faloo oolumbarlua oolumbarlua. Pigeon Uvwk On< 

 on July 26 about ten miles from the mouth of the rh 

 30. Paiuiion haliaetus carolinensis. Osprbi One or iwo were 



