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gan Harbor. In Engava Bay, in the northern part of the peninsula, 
Turner (’ 85 , p. 252) obtained a specimen in the early part of July and 
saw several other birds, and Macoun (’00, p. 30) records an egg of 
this species from George River, Ungava, taken by J. Ford, in 1896. 
Two other eggs, thought to be those of the Long-tailed Jaeger, were 
obtained from the Eskimo at Cape Chidley, Ungava, in 1903, by 
Eifrig (' 05 , p. 235). We saw nothing of this bird during our stay on 
the coast. 
Pagophila alba (Gunn.). 
Ivory Gull; “Ice Partridge.” 
Common winter visitor. 
Audubon says: “Old and young [Ivittiwakes] leave the coast of 
Labrador at the first appearance of winter, or when the Ivory Gull 
reaches that country. This, however, I know only from hearsay, 
having received the information from a settler at Bras d’Or, who has 
lived here many years, and. . . .was in the habit of. . . .shooting the 
Ivory Gull when it arrived over his harbour in the month of Decem¬ 
ber.” Low reports that one was shot at Rigolet in winter, and that 
the bird was seen in late December at Northwest River. Macoun 
says that it was seen by Low on Hudson Bay near Great Whale River 
in the spring and winter and Low (’ 06 ) adds that “occasional birds of 
this species are seen in the early summer among the heavy ice on the 
Atlantic coast of Labrador and in Hudson Strait.” 
Dr. Mumford, Air. Frank Lewis, and others at Battle Harbor told 
us of shooting “Ice Partridges” which came with the ice and seals 
in November or December. They stay for about two weeks or a 
month and then depart, not to be seen again for a year. At times 
they are very abundant and even fly about the houses. These birds 
are shot for food and are often obtained in the following manner: 
about a gallon of seals’ blood is poured on the ice near the rocks, and 
as the birds hover about they are easily shot. Some of the birds in 
their eagerness to obtain the blood dash themselves with such force 
against the ice as to kill themselves. 
We obtained from the Eskimos at Hopedale the skin of an immature 
Ivory Gull shot the previous winter at that place. On showing the 
skin to our informants at Battle Harbor, they all agreed it was their 
“Ice Partridge.” 
