General Notes. 
The Labrador Duck.— An Overlooked Specimen and Record.— Mr. 
Ernest D. Wintle, of Montreal, Canada, lately called my attention to a 
heretofore overlooked record and specimen of the Labrador Duck. The 
following is an exact copy of the record as published in ‘The Cana- 
dian Naturalist and Geologist,’ Vol. VII, December, 1862, No. 6, pp. 
426-427, by Archibald Hall, M. D., L. R. C. S. E, in his series of papers 
entitled ‘On the Mammals and Birds of the District of Montreal.’ 
lt A. Labradorica. Labrador Duck. 
“ Fulignla I,abradorica. Anderson! 
“ Camptolosinus Labradorns. Gmel. ! Gray! Baiid! 
“ v. s. p. Cire flesh colour; remainder of bill blackish horn colour; 
tarsi and irides yellow. 
“Dorsal aspect. With the exception of a streak of black stretching 
from the base of the bill to the occiput, and a very light brown streaky 
stain stretching from the cire to below the ear, all the rest of the head, 
i with the secondaries, pure white; remainder of the back black; tail, 
! which is rather acuminately rounded, blackish brown; the distal third 
of the outer edge of the outer scapulars coloured with black, and the 
whole of the inner vanes of the inner half dusky, terminating in blackish, 
giving to the under surface of the wing a dusky appearance; the prima- 
ries 'are all dusky black; the feathers on the cheek have a bristly feel; in 
' other parts of the head and neck the feathers have a velvety feel, a good 
deal resembling that of the Great Northern Diver. 
“Ventral aspect. A belt of white across the breast until it touches the 
wing, and separated from the white of the head by a ring of black about 
half an inch broad; remainder of breast black, quickly changing to black- 
ish, which itself changes to brown on the abdomen and under wing cov- 
erts ; the flanks, like the lower part of the breast, are shining black. 
“Length, from tip of bill to apex of tail, 20J inches; alar expanse, 274 
inches ; the two first primaries longest and subequal. 
“A specimen of this beautiful duck, the first which I have seen, was 
shot in the bay of Laprairie this spring (1862) by a habitant., and was 
purchased by Mr. Thompson of this city, who has kindly placed it at 
my disposal for examination. I believe it to be one of the rarest of oui 
visitants of this species, and to demonstrate that an acquaintance with 
our Fauna must be a work of many years.” 
This specimen is the forty-second so far known, of which thirty are 
in North America. It gives me pleasure to announce that by purchase 
I have added this specimen to my collection. — William Dutcher, New 
York City. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 p. 176 
49. [The Barnacle Goose and Labrador Duch.'] By Spencer F. Baird. 
Chicago Field, X, p. 74. — Respecting the occurrence of the first-named 
species in North America, and the former “ abundance ” and present scar- 
city of the last-named. 'JbicagV 
The May number contains a call for information respecting the 
distribution of the Labrador Duck, Camptolcemus labradorius (p. 303), by 
Dr. Cones. . A fia f, ’ Sa^BflUsti VOl,lQ« 
1452. The Pied Duck {Camptolaimus labradorius ). With cut. By 
■. W. Shufeldt, C. M. Z. S., etc. Ibid., No. 4, Aug. 18, p. 64.— A brief 
ccountof its history. 5 
Auk, XIV, Jan., 1897, vH 
Labrador Duck. — In the Museum at Amiens in France, which is 
located in a temporary and very unworthy building by the river, I was 
surprised to come across a fine adult male Labrador Duck, Camptolainius 
labradorius , in good preservation. It was unknown to Mr. William 
Dutcher when revising the list of extant specimens (Auk, 1891, p. 201), 
but I conclude that it is probably one of the specimens which he men- 
tions to have been sent to Europe by Mr. John Akhurst prior to 1850 {op. 
cit ., 1893, p. 270). — J. H. Gurney, Keswick Hall , Norwich , England. 
