Falco islandus L. in Labrador. — We have received a specimen of this 
biid from Ungava Bay shot by Mr. Thos. Mackenzie in 1890. To make 
certain of the identification, I forwarded the bird to Mr. H. E. Dresser 
who along with me is under the impression that this is the first record 
fiom that district. J. A. Harvie Brown, Duniftace House, Larbert N 
Auk, 8, April, 1391, p. 
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?i. a. 
178. Falco islandus.*— A very handsome ? shot at Point de Monts 
Jan. 7, 1885. Another was seen at Godbout, March 23, i88<;. 
* for authority for the name Falco islandus Briinn., see Stejneger in ‘The Auk,’ Vol. 
II, No. 2, April 1885, pp. 184-187. 
Auk, 2, July, 1886. P- 3 
oaa m . (X.j 
132. Falco islandus . 1 White Gyrfalcon. — A female taken Novem- 
ber 20, 1905, is the only record; this is a fairly light bird, comparable 
■with specimens from North Greenland. There appears to have been a 
southern migration of gyrfalcons in Western Europe and North America 
in 1905. 1 Hierolalco candicans (Gm.). 
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