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able localities more especially toward the southwestern portion of 
the peninsula, and the region about Lake Mistassini: Saw-whet 
Owl, Northern Hairy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher, Purple Finch, American Red Crossbill, Magnolia 
Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Canadian Warbler, Black- 
capped Chickadee, Hermit Thrush. 
In a very general way, the latitude of Hamilton Inlet may probably 
be taken as the northern limit for the Canadian species of birds, 
though a few such as the Rusty Grackle and Pine Grosbeak extend 
their ranges much beyond this. On the other hand, most of the 
species that are strictly limited to the Canadian zone do not come 
quite so far as this. 
The intermingling of these species of the Hudsonian and Canadian 
zones was well shown by our experience at St. Lewis Inlet near Battle 
Harbor. Here we found Redpolls, White-crowned Sparrows, Lin¬ 
coln’s Sparrows, Black-poll, Wilson’s, and Tennessee Warblers, and 
Alice’s Thrush, as well as White-throated Sparrows, and Hermit 
Thrushes. The strong-flying, wide-ranging American Robin was also 
a common bird here. 
In addition to these land birds that are characteristic breeding species, 
there are others that occur occasionally as stragglers in the southern 
part of Labrador, having come from still farther south, and whose 
general northern range is limited by the Transition zone. Such are 
the Marsh Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Nighthawk, 
American Crow, Song Sparrow, and Cedar-bird. The presence of 
these birds, however, is more or less irregular or accidental. 
Migration. 
The coastwise migration of many of the waterfowl of Labrador 
is of interest. Dr. Grenfell has described the “ceaseless stream 
of birds” passing south during the last of October near Battle Harbor. 
“Long solemn streams of eider ducks, leisurely, and more graceful 
clouds of gulls, more bustling companies of auks and guillemots, and 
all the while fringes of fussy murrelets” (Dovekies). These birds 
appear to follow along the coast to the southern shores of Labrador 
and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or even farther, to the Nova Scotia 
waters. The amount of ice along shore determines largely whether 
the ducks, gulls, guillemots, and auks stay during the winter in south- 
