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This is a straggler from the Old World, for which there are two 
Labrador records. The first is that of Coues (’61, p. 238) who states 
that he “was so fortunate as to procure a well characterized specimen” 
on July 23, I860. He does not mention the locality. Norton (’01) 
records the skin of a male which was obtained in 1891 by the Bowdoin 
college expedition, near Eskimo Island, Hamilton Inlet. It was 
purchased of a half-breed Eskimo woman by whom it had been pre¬ 
pared. 
Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.). 
Green-winged Teal. 
Rare summer resident. 
Cooke states that the “ regular breeding; rang;e extends from New 
Brunswick, through northeastern Quebec and Newfoundland, to 
Ungava Bay, Labrador, latitude 58°”. Turner records that “fully- 
fledged young females were obtained at Fort Cliimo late in July.” 
Coues saw a skin in a collection at Rigolet. Frazar mentions two 
specimens which had been killed “early in September” from a bunch 
of six, near Esquimaux Point. Further than these there are no exact 
records for Labrador. 
Querquedula discors (Linn.). 
Blue-winged Teal. 
Very rare summer resident in northern Labrador. 
The only record is that of Macoun f 00, p. 83) who states that a 
pair, evidently breeding, was found July 11, 1896, by Spreadborough, 
at Clearwater Lake in latitude 56° N. The principal summer home 
of this teal is the interior of North America between the Rocky Moun- 
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tains and the Great Lakes (Cooke). 
Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 
Shoveler. 
Accidental visitor. 
We are enabled to add this species to the list of Labrador birds on 
the evidence of Dr. W. T. Grenfell who stated that he shot two speci¬ 
mens near Cartwright in September, 1901. 
