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Frazar says he saw two when he arrived on the coast on May 22d. 

 Later in July, several passed his house at Cape Whittle. Palmer 

 states they were "seen at. . . .Mingan Islands though not abundant." 

 Kumlien wrote that two followed the schooner for two days in suc- 

 cession off Belle Isle in August, 1877, and adds the query: "Where 

 were they during the night?" 



Cartwright records the arrival of two swallows on May 18, 1778. 



We saw not a swallow of any kind in Labrador. 



Riparia riparia (Linn.). 

 Bank Swallow; Sand Martin. 



Common summer resident in a few localities. 



Audubon ('35) says that "many Sand Martins" were seen in Labra- 

 dor and "it rarely begins to breed before the beginning of June." 

 Weiz reported that it bred at Okkak. Mr. Goldsby, one of the 

 Moravians, told us of finding a Sand Martin's hole with two eggs in 

 a sand bank at Ogjuktok Inlet near Hopedale. 



Ampelis cedrorum (VieilL). 



Cedar Waxwing. 



The only record for Labrador we have is that of Low: "Rare at 

 Lake Mistassini." He found it there after the middle of June. 



Lanius borealis VieilL 



Northern Shrike; "Butcher-bird." 



Not uncommon summer resident. 



Packard says that it is not common at Fort Chimo, where it breeds; 

 young out of nest June 30, 1884. It is said to be common in more 

 southern parts. Low records that it is "common on Hamilton River; 

 seen April 16th." Norton records a young female from Lake Melville, 

 July 29th, in faded juvenal plumage. Cartwright records that on 

 May 14, 1779, at Sandwich Bay he took "an egg out of a butcher 

 bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce tree." On May 20th he 



