A LABRADOR SPRING 
inches in diameter, was lined with fine grasses 
and contained three great eggs, olive-green in 
colour, beautifully decorated with large brown 
spots. After this we found many of these nests, 
—nearly every island contained several of 
them. Some of the nests consisted only of 
depressions in the turf surrounded by rings of 
particularly green grass, nests that had prob- 
ably been used for successive years. We were 
rarely out of sight or hearing of these splendid 
birds all the time we were in Labrador, even 
when we were trudging over the inland bogs. 
Splendid great birds they were indeed with their 
snow-white heads, breasts and tails, and their 
black backs and wings, and they recalled 
slightly by their size, colouring and majestic 
flight the bald eagle. Their calls were interest- 
ing and very various. Some were suggestive 
of human anger or grief or derision. At times 
their voices appeared to threaten, at times to 
deride, and again they appeared to be con- 
versing in low tones to each other as they flew 
overhead or sailed about gracefully in the 
strong winds. Hoarse ha, ha, ha, high pitched 
ki, kt, ki, harsh and croaking caw, caw, caw, 
were some of their calls I noted, and sometimes 
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