CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 
GREENLAND EXPEDITION of 1938 
Under the Auspices of 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
AND CLEVELAND MUSEUM 
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Field Notes for W. Turnavik*, July 16, 1938: 
We arrived at W. Turnavik, the old Bartless fishing station, at 
8:30 a.m* July 16, 1938, and I was able to spend the entire day ashore. 
In the morning I collected insects and marine life; in the afternoon, 
Ray Hellmann and I collected birds with good success, in spite of the 
mean, miserable drizzle the entire time. 
W. Turnavik is a small outer island on the Labrador coast. There 
are no trees to speak of on it, except for a few scrub spruce about a 
foot or so high. The higher parts are rocky, and the lower parts are 
covered with grass, moss, and floiivers (Rupert Bartlett collected over 
50 species of flowers on the island). There are about 30 small ponds 
on the island, ranging from mere mud holes to the largest one which is 
almost a quarter of a mile long. The ponds were for the most part of 
rooky bottom. The sea coast was very rugged except in the sheltered 
harbor where a small stream flowed into a low flat tide wash. 
(1) Buteo lagopus s. johsmnis . Rough-legged Hawk: 
Saw a pair flying high over the island. 
(2) Charadrius semipalmatus , Semi-palmated Plover: 
C oinmon in the sheltered spot where the small stream 
ran into the ocean. Young birds were running about. 
(3) Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper: 
Saw none at all . Last year they were common. 
(4) Larus hyperboreus . Glaucous Gull: 
A few were seen. 
(5) Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull: 
Fairly conmion on the rocky coast. 
(6) Otocoris a. alpestris . Horned Lark: 
Rare. Saw one adult with a baby, so they must be 
breeding on the island. 
(7) Turdus m. migratorius , Robin: 
Captain Bartlett says that he never has known the 
Robin to be at W. Turnavik, but that they are common 
up the bay at Ben's Cove where there are some trees. 
I myself saw none. Ray Hellmann said that he saw- 
three and produced a juvenile specimen, so I can 
♦ W. Turnavii: is app. 56 17* N. Lat., 59 20* W. Long. 
