4.22 THE ZOOLOGY OF THE LABRADOR COAST. 



Common and resident throughout the wooded por- 

 tions. 



f 82. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). Yellow-shafted 

 Flicker. 



An accidental straggler was procured from the main- 

 land near Akpatok Island, Hudson Strait, in October, 

 1882. Reported to be a common summer visitor to 

 Northwest River. 



f 83. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. 



A summer visitor to Northwest River, where it breeds. 



Drexler obtained a specimen. May 26, i860, at Moose 

 Factory. 



Audubon, vol. iv., p. 208, records that he has met 

 with it from Texas to Labrador. 



84. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



Audubon, vol. iv., p. 296, states that even in Labrador 

 he has met with a few of them [ — a statement requiring 

 confirmation]. 



85. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



Audubon, vol. iv., p. 301, states that they saw a few 

 in clumps of low trees a few miles from the shore of the 

 gulf. (The text evidently refers to Labrador.) 



* ? f 86. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. 



Common in summer only at Fort Chimo. Specimens 

 obtained there and at Davis Inlet. A very light-colored 

 individual was seen, July 18, 1882, at Davis Inlet. 

 Downy young individual was obtained at Fort Chimo. 

 Plentiful on the east shore of Hudson Bay. Not known 

 to winter in the Ungava district. 



87. Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.). Great Gray Owl. 



