CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 
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GREENLAND EXPEDITION of 1938 
Under the Auspices of 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
AND CLEVELAND MUSEUM 
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Field Notes for Makinson’s Gove, Turks Water: 
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On our way south we arrived in Brigus on September 5, and again Ray 
Hellmann and I packed off inland to collect. This time we went to liakin- 
son’s Grove in by Turks Water, about 6 or 7 miles from Brigus. Before 
da.rk on the 5th after pitching our camp, we were able to have a short 
tramp about to survey the country. From dawn to dark of the 6th was 
spent collecting. Early in the morning of the 7th we returned to Brigus 
and sailed at noon. 
Makinson’s Grove is indeed a beautiful spot. In our short stay 
there we could only visit one section of it, which as for the most part, 
TOS pasture land in a valley through which a stream ran. Part of it was 
open meadow where were grazing some cows, horses, and sheep, and further 
dov/nstream we got into the thicker spruce forest that was spattered with 
clearings. Sections of both the forest 8ind meadows were marshy and 
covered with thick low bushes. 
All the time we were there it was fine sind clear but blowing a gale 
of wind from the southwest, which made it very difficult to find the birds. 
Both on account of the wind and o\xr limited time of observation, my notes 
are inadequate, but there is one thing that I did notice. There was not 
a Warbler to be seen. The natives of Turnavik, Labrador, have recorded 
an early migration, and while in the far north we saw signs of an early 
winter. I, therefore, believe that this is due to an early migration, 
and this is borne out by the fact that on September 10, while at sea, a 
Yellow Warbler while migrating came on board the vessel. 
(1) Botarius lentiginosus , American , Bittern: 
Saw one flying up the stream. 
(2) Accipiter v elox . Sharp-shinned Hawk: 
Saw one making after some Crossbills. 
(3) Colaptes auratus lutgus . Flicker: 
S'aw -two in thick forest. 
(4) Jays: Saw or heard none, but they are said 
to be common. 
(5) Corvus b. brachyrhynochos . Crow: 
Common. Heard and saw a flock in the early morning 
in the pasture. 
