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Audubon, vol. ii., p. 165, found them feeding their 

 young in August. 



10. Parus atricapillus\j\.'cm.. Black-capped Chickadee, 



I am informed by credible persons, long resident in 

 the country, that two species of chickadees occur at 

 Northwest River, at the head of Hamilton Inlet. 



Verrill, p. 138, reports it very common on AnticostL , 



*f II. Parus hudsonicus Y oxsl. Hudsonian Chick- 

 adee. 



Abundant everywhere in the wooded tracts. Young 

 of the year were obtained July 19, 1882, at Davis Inlet, 

 and in early August at Fort Chimo. 



Audubon, vol. ii., p. 155, states that they found a nest 

 in Labrador. 



12. Sitia canadensis Uiv\x\. Red-bellied Nuthatch. 

 Audubon, vol. iv., p. 179, states that he saw one in 



Labrador which had probably been driven there by a 

 storm. 



Verrill, p. 138, reports it as common on Anticosti. 



13. Troglodytes hyemalis Vieill. Winter Wren. 

 Audubon, vol. ii., p. 129, found this species in South- 

 ern Labrador, July 20, 1833. 



Verrill, p. 138, states that he observed a small wren 

 at Southwest Point, Anticosti, in July, which he thought 

 was this species. 



t 14. Motacilla alba Linn. White Wagtail. 



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 declared they were the two parents and two young 



