LIST OF THE BIRDS OF LABRADOR 



With brief annotations 



By CHARLES W. TOWNSEND, M.D., and 



GLOVER M. ALLEN, PH.D. 1 



1. COLYMBUS HOLBCELLI. Holbo3lPs grebe. 

 Rare transient visitor. 



2. COLYMBUS AURITUS. Horned grebe. 

 Rare transient visitor ; possibly breeds. 



3. GAVIA IMBER. Loon. 

 Common summer resident. 



4. GAVIA ARCTICUS. Black-throated loon. 



Summer resident, not uncommon in the north ; rare in the south. 



5. GAVIA LUMME. Red-throated loon ; "whabby." 

 Common summer resident. 



6. FRATERCULA ARCTICA. Puffin; "paroquet." 

 Abundant summer resident. 



7. CEPPHUS GRYLLE. Black guillemot ; "sea-pigeon." 

 Abundant summer resident. 



8. CEPPHUS MANDTII. Mandt's guillemot. 

 Summer resident. 



9. URIA TROILE. Murre. 



Common summer resident in south ; a few winter. 



10. URIA LOMVIA. Brunnich's murre. 

 Common summer resident ; a few winter. 



11. ALCA TORDA. Razor-billed auk ; "tinker." 

 Common summer resident ; a few winter. 



[PLAUTUS IMPENNIS. Great auk; "penguin."] 

 Extinct. 



12. ALLE ALLE. Dovekie; "bull-bird." 

 Abundant transient and winter visitor. 



13. MEGALESTRIS SKUA. Skua; "sea-hen." 

 Accidental visitor. 



14. STERCORARIUS POMARINUS. Pomarine jaeger; "boVn." 

 Common summer visitor ; probably breeds in north. 



'* Vide The Birds of Labrador, Proc. Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist., Vol. 33, 

 No. 7, July, 1907. 



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