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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF LABRADOR 
With brief aunotations 
By Cuartes W. Townsenp, M.D., and 
GLoverR M. ALLEN, Pu.D.' 
1. Cotympus HOLB@LLI. Holbeell’s grebe. 
Rare transient visitor. 
2. CotympBus 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. Urra TROILE. Murre. 
Common summer resident in south; a few winter. 
10. Urra tomvia. Brunnich’s murre. 
Common summer resident; a few winter. 
11. Auca TorpA. 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. Mecaestris skua. Skua; “sea-hen.” : 
Accidental visitor. 
14. STERCORARIUS POMARINUS. Pomarine jaeger; “bo’s’n.” 
Common summer visitor; probably breeds in north. 
1 Vide The Birds of Labrador, Proc. Boston Soe. of Nat. Hist., Vol. 33, 
No. 7, July, 1907. 
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