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Dendroica caerulescens (Gmel.). 



Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



The only record is that of the finding of a dead bird by Audubon 

 ('35, p. 309): "In Newfoundland I saw none, and in Labrador only 

 a dead one, dry and shrivelled, deposited like a mummy in the fissure 

 of a rock, where the poor bird had fallen a victim to the severity of the 

 climate." 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.). 



Yellow-rumped Warbler; Myrtle Warbler. 



Common summer resident, chiefly in the Canadian zone. 



Audubon states that this was among the first birds observed by him 

 in southern Labrador. Stearns says it is "common in interior. 

 Breeds." Frazar saw four on one day in July at Cape Whittle, and 

 Low records a "specimen from Grand Falls, Hamilton River, May 

 31st." 



Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.). 

 Magnolia Warbler. 



Common summer resident in the Canadian zone. 



Audubon found a nest with five eggs of this species in southern 

 Labrador in the beginning of July, and in the first days of August he 

 saw many young following their parents. Low says it is "not rare 

 at Lake Mistassini," where it arrives the last of May. 



Dendroica castanea (Wils.). 



Bay-breasted Warbler. 



Very rare summer resident. 



Turner records that "three individuals were seen at Black Island, 

 Hamilton Inlet, by me July 9, 1882. Two were shot, but lost in the 

 thick undergrowth; one of the birds was actually in my hand, but 

 escaped." It is a bird of the Canadian zone and has been taken 

 just outside of the limits of Labrador at Moose Factory. 



