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and again: "Nor did I see any in Labrador after the first of August." 

 Bigelow noticed it in the extreme south of Labrador. 



Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 



Redstart. 



Rare summer resident. 



One was obtained by James McKenzie at Rupert House, September 

 3, 1860; Brewster ('84, p. 372) reported that "several [were] seen at 

 Fox Bay [Anticosti] and others near Mingan." Eifrig says that "a 

 poor skin of one was shown to Mr. Halkett at Port Burwell by the 

 factor of the station, showing that this species occasionally reaches 

 the north of Labrador." 



Motacilla alba Linn. 



White Wagtail. 



The only record for this bird is by Turner: "Four individuals of 

 this species were seen by Alex. Brown and James Lyall (of the Hudson 

 Bay Company), August 29, 1883, at Hunting Bay, 4 miles south of 

 Fort Chimo. These persons described the bird accurately, and de- 

 clared they were the two parents and two young of the year. I must 

 add that I place the fullest reliance in their assertion." 



Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). 

 American Pipit; Titlark; "Wagtail." 



Abundant summer resident throughout the Arctic zone. 



Everywhere in Labrador within the limits of the Arctic zone this 

 bird is found breeding. Stearns reported it as common along the 

 southern coast as far west as Mingan. Beyond this the forest region 

 of the Hudsonian zone comes down to the shore. Audubon met 

 with them abundantly, and found a nest with a set of five eggs near 

 Cape Whittle on June 29, 1833. On the eastern coast this species is 

 everywhere to be found in summer and it has been reported there by 

 Coues, Packard, Weiz, and Bigelow. Macoun records a set of eggs 

 taken at Hamilton Inlet on June 30, 1895, and another on June 15th 



