VOl i9OT VI ] General Notes. 201 



Labrador Notes. — In a box of bird-skins kindly sent me by Dr. W. T. 

 Grenfeli from Labrador in November, 1907, the following are worthy of 

 note: 



Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. A female or young bird taken at 

 Nachvack in October, 1904. This duck breeds west of Hudson Bay, 

 and is a rare transient visitor in northern Labrador. 



Dafila acuta. Pintail. Adult male, Nachvack, June 1, 1905. This 

 duck is a rare transient visitor in Labrador. Mr. G. M. Allen and I ob- 

 tained a skin at Hopedale and saw another skin, but were able to find only 

 five other records for Labrador. (Birds of Labrador, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 of Nat. Hist., 1907, p. 328.) 



Somateria spectabilis. King Eider. A curious specimen in partially 

 albinistic plumage, shot at Battle Harbor, June 19, 1907. The whole bird 

 is creamy white or buff, with irregular brownish patches. The belly is 

 uniformly darker, almost vinaceous in color. The head and neck are finely 

 lined with grayish brown streaks. The rectrices are nearly pure white, 

 as are also the primaries and secondaries. All the feathers, especially 

 those of the wings and tail, are much worn. 



Porzana Carolina. Sora. An adult taken near Harrington on the south- 

 ern coast about July, 1907. This is the second record of its occurrence in 

 Labrador. The first was of a specimen taken at Sandwich Bay in 1898. 

 (Birds of Labrador, loc. cit., p. 345.) 



Falco islandus. White Gyrfalcon. — A very white specimen of this 

 species taken at Nachvack, on October 13, 1905. In this connection it is 

 interesting to note that Mr. Allen and I, who recorded this bird at Henley 

 Harbor on the southern coast on August 2, 1906, {loc. cit., p. 368) have 

 since been told by Dr. Grenfeli that a pair of these birds have bred there 

 regularly, and that he remembers seeing them there in 1896. 



Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. A male from Sand- 

 wich Bay, just south of Hamilton Inlet, August, 1908. Mr. Allen and I 

 concluded that this species was an "uncommon summer resident in south- 

 ern half of Labrador, occasional as far as Hudson Strait" (loc. cit., p. 377). 

 The specimen is an interesting one as it appears to be somewhat darker 

 than specimens from the New England States. 



Dendroica aestiva. Yellow Warbler. — From Northwest River, 

 Hamilton Inlet, taken by a cat, September 1, 1905. I hope that Mr. 

 Oberholser will soon report on this interesting specimen. 



I would also mention the following specimen kindly sent me in the 

 autumn of 1908, by Mr. John Goleby, a Moravian brother stationed at 

 Hopedale : 



Hirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow, taken at Hopedale in July, 

 1908. The only previous record for Labrado. is that the bird " breeds at 

 North-west River at the head of Hamilton Inlet" (loc. cit., p. 403). — 

 Charles W. Townsend. M. D., Boston, Mass. 



