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gan Harbor. In Ungava Bay, in the northern part of the peninsula, 

 Turner ('85, p. 252) obtained a specimen in the early part of July and 

 saw several other birds, and Macoun ('00, p. 30) records an egg of 

 this species from George River, Ungava, taken by J. Ford, in 1896. 

 Two other eggs, thought to be those of the Long-tailed Jaeger, were 

 obtained from the Eskimo at Cape Chidley, Ungava, in 1903, by 

 Eifrig ('05, p. 235). We saw nothing of this bird during our stay on 

 the coast. 



Pagophila alba (Gunn.). 



Ivory Gtjll; "Ice Partridge." 



Common winter visitor. 



Audubon says: "Old and young [Kittiwakes] leave the coast of 

 Labrador at the first appearance of winter, or when the Ivory Gull 

 reaches that country. This, however, I know only from hearsay, 

 having received the information from a settler at Bras d'Or, who has 

 lived here many years, and .... was in the habit of ... . shooting the 

 Ivory Gull when it arrived over his harbour in the month of Decem- 

 ber." Low reports that one was shot at Rigolet in winter, and that 

 the bird was seen in late December at Northwest River. Macoun 

 says that it was seen by Low on Hudson Bay near Great Whale River 

 in the spring and winter and Low ('06) adds that "occasional birds of 

 this species are seen in the early summer among the heavy ice on the 

 Atlantic coast of Labrador and in Hudson Strait." 



Dr. Mumford, Mr. Frank Lewis, and others at Battle Harbor told 

 us of shooting "Ice Partridges" which came with the ice and seals 

 in November or December. They stay for about two weeks or a 

 month and then depart, not to be seen again for a year. At times 

 they are very abundant and even fly about the houses. These birds 

 are shot for food and are often obtained in the following manner: 

 about a gallon of seals' blood is poured on the ice near the rocks, and 

 as the birds hover about they are easily shot. Some of the birds in 

 their eagerness to obtain the blood dash themselves with such force 

 against the ice as to kill themselves. 



We obtained from the Eskimos at Hopedale the skin of an immature 

 Ivory Gull shot the previous winter at that place. On showing the 

 skin to our informants at Battle Harbor, they all agreed it was their 

 "Ice Partridge." 



