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TOWNSEND AND ALLEN: LABRADOR BIRDS. 379 



('35, p. 425): "I found this species on the Magdalen Islands, and 



on the coast of Labrador." We should expect to find this species 

 in southwestern Labrador where the trees were of any size. Spread- 

 borough observed one near Moose Factory just outside the limits of 

 Labrador. 



[Contopus virens (Linn.). Wood Pewee. — Audubon states ('40, p. 232): 

 " I have seen them in Labrador," but in his Labrador journal his only mention 

 of this bird is on June 22, 1833, at American Harbor, where he enters: "I 

 heard a Wood Pewee." As he was not familiar with the Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher some of whose notes suggest those of the Wood Pewee, and as the 

 latter bird is more southern in its distribution, we have omitted it from the 

 list.] 



[Contopus richardsonii (Swains.). Western Wood Pewee. — Audu- 

 bon's account of flycatchers in Labrador is considerably confused. He speaks 

 ('35, p. 93) of a species smaller than Muscicapa acadica as abundant in Labra- 

 dor and described in the "Fauna Boreali- Americana " as Tyrannula richard- 

 sonii. And again ('39, p. 300): "Whilst in Labrador, I examined several 

 nests of the- Short-legged Pewee." It is reasonable to suppose that these 

 were either the Alder or the Yellow-bellied Flycatchers.] 



Empidonax flaviventris Baird. 



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Common summer resident in southwestern Labrador. 



Frazar picked up one dead at Cape Whittle in early July. Low 

 states that it is "common at Lake Mistassini. Not seen at Hamil- 

 ton Inlet." At Lake Mistassini Low noted their arrival between the 

 1st and 15th of June. Macoun records it as breeding. It is prob- 

 able, as already stated, that Audubon found this species but gave it 

 another name. 



Empidonax traillii alnorum Brewst. 



Alder Flycatcher. 



Not common summer resident in southwestern Labrador. 



We have ventured to include this species on the strength of Audu- 

 bon's statement ('39, p. 289) that he found Muscicapa pusilla "on 

 the coast of Labrador in considerable numbers." One nest was found 



