202 Report of the Brozvn-Harvard Expeditwn. 



IX. 



REPORT ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



By Henry B. Bigelow. 



[Note. — Mr. Bigelow sent his list to the editor with the following words 

 of explanation : " I am enclosing the list of Labrador birds, for which you 

 asked. I suppose you want it condensed, and have made it in fact little 

 more than a list of names, with brief notes on their relative abundance 

 and distribution. I have given no introduction at all, as I suppose your 

 paper will describe the nature of the country so fully as to make one 

 superfluous." 



This list was prepared earlier than that published by Mr. Bigelow 

 in Auk, January, 1902. The latter has not the same numbering as this, 

 and contains a few additions and corrections. Added are : Botaurtis 

 lentiginosus, Tringa alpina paciflca, Spinus pinus, Sylvania 

 pusilla, Sylvania * canadensis. The following changes are made : 

 No. 28 to Aythya marila ; 30 to Somateria borealis ; 51 to Lagopus 

 albus ; 64 to Passeroulus sandwichensis labradorius ; 75 to Parus 

 atricapillus ; 76 to Tardus alieise. Numbers 28, 35 and 64 are ap- 

 parently without previous record from this coast. — E. B. D.] 



1. Urinator imber. "Loon." Rather uncommon. We met them 



singly or in pairs in the bays and fiords in August and September. 

 Not found nesting. 



2. Urinator lumme. Red-throated Loon. "Wabby." Reported by 



the settlers as common. We saw only a few, in September. 



3. Pratereula aretica. Puffin. Common. One of the more charac- 



teristic sea-fowl, of local abundance. Near their rookeries they 

 were very abundant during July. In August they were more gen- 

 erally distributed. We saw comparatively few north of Cape 

 Harrigan. 



4. Cepphus grylle. Black Guillemot. Pigeon. Very abundant all 



along the coast. The most numerous of all the water fowl, after 

 the kittiwakes. Breeding commonly on the smaller islets. Much 

 used by the settlers as an article of food. 



5. Uria troile. Murre. Common, but much less so than formerly, 



owing to "eggers." Breeding still in considerable colonies. Com- 

 paratively scarce north of Cape Harrison, though reported to be 

 abundant along the northern coast later in the fall. 



6. Uria lomvia. Bfiinnich's Murre. Rather less common than the 



last. We saw none north of Hamilton Inlet. 



7. Alea torda. Razor-billed Auk. Common, particularly so about 



Hamilton Inlet, and just north of Belle Isle. At Port Manvers we 

 saw only a few. In July we usually found them in the loose fioe-ice. 



♦The omission of capitals in proper names is in accordance with the wishes of the author. 



