An Additional Specimen of the Labrador Du6k. — A short time 
ago, while examining the contents of a large case containing a miscel- 
laneous collection of wild-fowl skins, stored in the museum of the Boston 
Society of Natural History, I came upon an unlabelled skin that I identi- 
fied as a juvenal male Canvptorhynchus labradorius. Dr. Glover M. Allen 
also examined the specimen and referred it to the same species. 
Unfortunately there was no label whatsoever on the skin to give the 
slightest clue as to when or where it was taken, and there is no reference to 
any such bird in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 
Mr. C. Emerson Brown, who has mounted the specimen, states that it was 
in very poor condition; being so grease-burned that on relaxing, it dis- 
integrated into countless small fragments. Besides leaving large masses 
of fat adhering to the skin the preparator had neglected to clean the skull. 
Such carelessness would lead one to believe that the bird was taken long 
ago, at a time when neither collector nor recipient considered this species 
worthy of any especial attention. 
The following description may be of interest, though lacking in certain 
details, as it was taken from the mounted bird making a proper examination 
of the wings, axillars, etc., impossible. 
Head brownish gray, darker on crown. Chin and throat white, this 
area extending half way around the upper neck, its posterior margin being 
less clearly defined owing to some of the feathers having narrow ashy tips. 
Rest of neck ashy. Upper breast with a light ashy area about one and a 
quarter inches wide, very slightly washed with light brown, extending 
about three quarters around the body. Breast dark gray with tinge of 
light brown, the ends of the feathers being minutely dotted and streaked 
with black. Lower breast, sides, belly, and under tail-coverts brownish 
gray, lighter on the belly. Scapulars brownish gray, some of the feathers 
having narrow ashy tips. Long scapulars more pearly. Lesser wing- 
coverts ashy. Secondaries and ends of greater wing-coverts white. 
Primaries brownish black; alula blackish brown. Lower back and tail- 
coverts brownish gray. Tail blackish brown with a slight hoary tinge. 
Measurements in inches as follows: culmen, 1.55; bill along gape, 
2.25; tarsus, 1.55; middle toe, 2.15. 
This specimen is now on exhibition, with another young male of more 
advanced plumage, in the museum of the Boston Society of Natural 
History, and is I believe the forty-fourth extant to date. — Winthrop S. 
Brooks, Milton, Mass. ft,, 
