406 THE ZOOLOGY OF THE LABRADOR COAST. 



Plethodon glutinosa Baird ? A salamander of a dark 

 slate color, with a paler doi^sal stripe was observed at 

 Belles Amours. 



Birds. 



list of the birds of labrador, including ungava, 

 east main, moose, and gulf, districts of the hud- 

 son bay company, together with the island of 

 anticosti.* 



The scope of country intended to be embraced with- 

 in the above heading is bounded on the north by Hud- 

 son Strait, extending from east to west ; on the east by 

 the Atlantic Ocean ; on the south by the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence to where the parallel of 50 degrees north lati- 

 tude strikes the land, then west to the intersection of the 

 82d degree of east longitude. The western boundary is 

 the 82d degree of west longitude north to Hudson Strait. 



The period during which my own observations were 

 made extends from June 15, 1882, to October 3, 1884. 



The principal scene of my investigations was in the 

 vicinity of Fort Chimo, situated about 27 miles up the 

 Koksoak River, flowing into Ungava Bay, which is an 

 immense pocket towards the eastern portion of the south 

 side of Hudson Strait. At this place I remained from 

 August 6, 1882, to September 4, 1884. 



The southern portions of the country are entirely sub- 

 arctic in character, while the northern portions are 

 strictly arctic. 



The topography of the region is so diversified that 



* By Lucien M. Turner. Reprinted by the author's permission from the 

 Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 1885, pp. 233-254. Revised and 

 brought down to 1891, by J. A. Allen. 



