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This is a straggler from the Old World, for which there are two 

 Labrador records. The first is that of Coues ('61, p. 238) who states 

 that he "was so fortunate as to procure a well characterized specimen'' 

 on July 23, 1860. He does not mention the locality. Norton ('01) 

 records the skin of a male which was obtained in 1891 by the Bowdoin 

 college expedition, near Eskimo Island, Hamilton Inlet. It was 

 purchased of a half-breed Eskimo woman by whom it had been pre- 

 pared. 



Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.). 

 Green-winged Teal. 



Rare summer resident. 



Cooke states that the "regular breeding range extends from New 

 Brunswick, through northeastern Quebec and Newfoundland, to 

 Ungava Bay, Labrador, latitude 58°". Turner records that "fully- 

 fledged young females were obtained at Fort Chimo late in July." 

 Coues saw a skin in a collection at Rigolet. Frazar mentions two 

 specimens which had been killed "early in September" from a bunch 

 of six, near Esquimaux Point. Further than these there are no exact 

 records for Labrador. 



Querquedula discors (Linn.). 

 Blue-winged Teal. 



Very rare summer resident in northern Labrador. 



The only record is that of Macoun ('00, p. 83) who states that a 

 pair, evidently breeding, was found July 11, 1896, by Spreadborough, 

 at Clearwater Lake in latitude 56° N. The principal summer home 

 of this teal is the interior of North America between the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and the Great Lakes (Cooke). 



Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



Shoveler. 



Accidental visitor. 



We are enabled to add this species to the list of Labrador birds on 

 the evidence of Dr. W. T. Grenfell who stated that he shot two speci- 

 mens near Cartwright in September, 1901. 



