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and breeds from the Aleutians and Near Island north to Kotzebue 

 Sound and northeastern Asia." 



The breeding records of this species that we have been able to obtain 

 for Labrador are few and only one is positive. This is Audubon's 

 record of a nest and eight eggs nearly ready to hatch found a mile 

 inland from the southern coast on July 11, 1833. He says: "A few 

 pairs breed on the shores of Labrador, but the great body of these 

 birds proceed further north." Stearns says it is "abundant. Breeds 

 by inland ponds"; but he gives no evidence of finding the nests. 

 Frazar found a few, apparently not breeding, in summer about Cape 

 Whittle. Coues did not meet with it. Low says it is common as a 

 migrant on the Hamilton River from May 26th into June. Packard 

 records that it is " obtained at the mouth of the Koksoak River. 

 Abundant in Hudson Strait and eastern shore of Labrador, where it 

 is reported to breed sparingly." 



The absence of more records of the breeding of this scoter in Lab- 

 rador would lead one to think that the majority of the migrants on the 

 eastern North American coast nest farther north. The bird is com- 

 mon during the migrations along the Massachusetts coast but less 

 common than the other scoters. 



Our experience with the three species of scoters in Labrador was as 

 follows: we saw a flock of 82 scoters of all three species in St. Lewis 

 Inlet near Mary Harbor on July 12th. Of these the White-winged 

 species was by far the most abundant, the American appeared to be 

 next in abundance, the Surf Scoter least. On the same day we saw 

 a flock of 14 American Scoters, and another flock of 30 White-winged 

 Scoters. Near Francis Harbor on July 15th we saw 4 scoters, appar- 

 ently Surf Scoters. On July 16th near Hawke's Harbor we saw 

 31 White-winged Scoters, 1 American Scoter, and 8 scoters whose 

 species we could not determine. On July 17th near Cartwright 

 we saw 4 White-winged Scoters and 2 doubtful American Scoters. 

 On the 18th at the mouth of Hamilton Inlet we saw 42 White-winged 

 and 8 apparently Surf Scoters. On the 21st near Hopedale we saw 

 a flock of over 500 mostly White-winged Scoters, although the other 

 species were represented. Near Fanny's Harbor on the same day 

 we saw two flocks of White-winged Scoters each containing about 

 30 birds. On the return trip we saw very few scoters. 



