Bird-Life in Labrador. 41 



DOWNY WOODPECKER 



Picas pubesgens. L. 



VERY nearly the same remarks will apply to this as to the 

 former bird. I shot one of these the same day that I secured 

 the specimen of vitlosus. It was not one hundred rods from 

 the same spot, and was also hammering away on one of the 

 top branches of a tall tree. It required some patient watch- 

 ing to detect its precise location, as it was rather wilder than 

 the former species. Others are reported from the interior 

 along the river, and it appears, like its neighbor here, by no 

 means rare. It seems to have much the same habits as birds 

 of the same species that I have observed elsewhere. March 

 29th, my diary says, a specimen was shot and others seen at 

 Old Fort Lake. It is probably a regular resident all the 

 year around and breeds during the summer months. 



BLACK-BACKED THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 



Picoides arcticus. (Sw.) GR. 



A SINGLE specimen is reported from a collection in the 

 possession of one of the natives on the coast by Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, who states that he saw it there, and thinks that it may 

 not be uncommon in the interior. 



GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER 

 FLICKER 



Cofaptes cruwttiix. (L.) Sw. 



IT was regarded by the natives as extremely rare. I saw 

 the wing of^one of these birds at L'Anse Clair. No doubt 

 other evidences of its capture are common along the coast. 



GREAT HORNED OWL 



Bubo Virginianus. (GM.) BP. 

 THIS owl does not appear to be rare in Labrador. I saw 



