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There is no evidence to show that this species breeds in the Labra- 

 dor peninsula. The migrants appear to come from the westward 

 of Hudson Bay and in the fall of the year are found in large flocks 

 along the south coast and the east coast south of Hamilton Inlet 

 (Bigelow, '02). Palmer in 1887 found the immature birds "abundant 

 at the mouth of Mingan River, together with a limited number of old 

 birds." 



Xema sabinii (Sab.). 



Sabine's Gull. 



Rare transient visitor. 



Kumlien says: "On the 6th of October, 1877, on the passage from 

 the Kikkerton Islands northward, a pair of these birds kept close to 

 the stern of the schooner for many miles." Turner reports that "a 

 single male was obtained in the middle of July, 1884, near the mouth 

 of George's River, flowing into the eastern side of Ungava Bay." 

 Robert Bell records that one was shot at Port Burwell in September, 

 1884. In the Bang's collection is a specimen (no. 9740) taken at 

 Okkak in 1894. 



Sterna caspia Pallas. 

 Caspian Tern. 



Very rare summer resident in southern Labrador. 



Audubon in his Labrador "Journal" mentions finding on an island 

 near Little Mecattina on July 18, 1833, the eggs of the Cayenne Tern, 

 and "a single pair of these remarkable birds, which could not be ap- 

 proached." Later, on August 16th, in St. George's Bay, Newfound- 

 land, he notes "several pairs of Cayenne Terns on their way south. 

 The Cayenne or Royal Tern, Sterna maxima, is more southern in its 

 distribution than the Caspian Tern, which was unknown to Audubon 

 and could easily have been mistaken by him for the Cayenne Tern. 

 Coues states under this latter bird: "Audubon's Labrador record 

 belongs to S. caspia." 



More recently Frazar has found this bird in Labrador and he reports 

 as follows: "This majestic Tern is but a sparing resident along the 

 Labrador Coast, as I met with but one colony, which was located 

 about twenty miles to the westward of Cape Whittle, where I found a 

 colony of some two hundred pair mixed with a larger settlement of 

 Ring-billed, and a few Herring Gulls. Their nests were built upon 



