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to cover as much ground as possible, made notes on the birds observed, 

 and shot specimens from time to time. On both steamers except 

 when we were eating or sleeping we were always on deck either on the 

 bridge or in the bow, making note of all the birds seen, using con- 

 stantly strong binoculars, and occasionally having resort to a telescope. 

 On the return trip we pursued the same tactics. 



From July 26th to August 2d, we waited for the Home to take us 

 south, but employed the time in a careful exploration of the bird life 

 of Great Caribou Island, and the region about Cape Charles. At 

 the latter place we stayed three days, and extended our trips from 

 Indian Cove to The Lodge and some miles inland. On our return 

 trip on the Home we went a little farther west than before, as we had 

 a short time ashore at Bradore, the most easterly point reached by 

 Audubon on the Labrador coast. We steamed away from there 

 on our return by way of Newfoundland on August 3d. 



We brought back 58 skins we had prepared and 20 skins we obtained 

 from the Eskimos. 



We gathered as much information as possible about the bird life 

 from the natives, from Dr. Grenfell's assistants, and from the 

 Moravians. Through the latter at Hopedale we obtained most of the 

 skins made by the Eskimos. To Brother Schmitt at Nam we are 

 greatly indebted for many interesting notes of arrival of birds and 

 nesting dates. Although we were so unfortunate as to miss meeting 

 Dr. W. T. Grenfell in Labrador, we are greatly indebted to him for 

 his kind offers of assistance and hospitality, and for valuable informa- 

 tion he has since given us in Boston. 



We are also indebted to Mr. William Brewster and to Mr. Outram 

 Bangs for the privilege of examining specimens in their collections 

 and for other kind help; to Bowdoin college for the loan of a speci- 

 men of Horned Lark; and particularly to Mr. Harry C. Oberholser 

 of the Biological survey at Washington for his study of our speci- 

 mens of Horned Lark and Savanna Sparrows as well as other kind 

 assistance. To Dr. Malcolm Storer we are indebted for the loan 

 of his father's manuscript journal written in Labrador in 1849. 



We are also indebted to Dr. B. L. Robinson, of the Gray herbarium, 

 for the identification of our specimens of flowering plants and grasses, 

 and to Dr. W. G. Farlow for the identification of lichens brought 

 back by us from Labrador. 



In the following pages will be found first a description of the topog- 



