"i, H i Townbend, Some more Labrador Notes. 7 



Hem at the mouth * » r the river, one aboul forty miles up, and one on the 

 branch stream. 



21. Bubo virginianus heterocnemia. Labrador Horned Owl- 

 I in August 3, .1 cloudy day, a bird of this Bpeciea flapped and Bailed across 

 the branch river and alighted on a spruce within easy range of the canoe. 

 Eere he sal looking straight at us with wide open eyes, and at the same 

 time l i win- heard the call <>f another Owl in the distance. The bird 

 proved to be a male in Mir sooty plumage characteristic of this nice. 

 As far us I know there are qo previous identifications <>f this species so far 

 in the southwest in the Peninsula. 



22. Ceryle alcyon alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Common on 

 tin- main river and the branch stream. The na ting hole of one was seen 

 in :i sand bank. 



23. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. 

 One was seen near the small river on August . r > and again on Vugust 0. 



24. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker.— A pair were 

 seen several times uear the branch river, and one was heard calling at tin: 

 fifth falls. I was unable to scenic a specimen. One scni, me by Dr. 

 Grenfell from Sandwich Bay in 1908 was somewhat darker than the usual 

 New England specimens. 



2~>. Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. A pair were 

 seen on several successive days about some dead trees on the little river. 

 Tin' only previous record lor Labrador is the statement of Audubon that 

 he " found this Bpecies . . . on the coast of Labrador. 



26. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.— The 

 characteristic whistling note of this species whs heard several times, and 

 an individual came on board the steamer off the western point, of the 

 peninsula on August L2. 



27. Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus. Labrador Jay. — This 



bird was nunc often heard than seen, ami was fairly common. 



28. Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. — The only 



Crows seen were four on the shore of the Bay of Seven Islands. No 



Havens were seen. 



'J'.t. Loxia curvirostra minor. Crossbill.— A flock of about fifty 



Was seen on July '2.7. 



30. Loxia leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill.- One seen on 

 July :'.<), ami anothet came on board the steamer on August 12. This was 

 a young bird with l>ill still uncrossed. 



31. Paaserculus sandwichensis savanna. Savannah Sparrow. - 



These birds were common in the saml .lunc country a! the mouth of the 



Natashquan river bul were not found inland. 



32. Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow.— One or 



two were seen or heard singing nearly every day near the river 8. 



38. Junco hyemali3 hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. Common; 



found in the thick spruce woods feeding young. 



