TOWNSEND AND ALLEN: LABRADOR BIRDS. 
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Sumia ulula caparoch (MiilL). 
American Hawk Owl. 
Uncommon permanent resident. 
Turner found the Hawk Owl rare at Fort Chirno, and he took its 
eggs on June 8, 1884. The young were ready to leave the nest on 
June 20th. Low saw the bird several times on the upper Hamilton 
River and Macoun reports a set of five eggs from Hamilton Inlet 
taken on May 24, 1896, by Raine. Macoun says it is rare at Lake 
Mistassini where it is found in winter. In the Bangs collection is a 
specimen from Black Bay on the Straits of Belle Isle taken on Novem¬ 
ber 18, 1898, by Doane. 
We saw T three or four skins of this bird in Dr. Grenfell’s hospital 
at Battle Harbor and obtained one. The bird had been killed at Fox 
Harbor. We also saw the skin of one at Hopedale. 
[Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. — Although Au¬ 
dubon says: “Even in Labrador .... I saw a few,” we think he must 
have confused this species in his memory with the Black-billed Cuckoo of 
which he gives a more definite record.] 
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). 
Black-billed Cuckoo. 
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Very rare summer visitor in the southern part. 
Audubon’s is the only record; he says (’ 39 , p. 524): “We saw a 
few in Labrador, amid the clumps of low trees a few miles from the 
shore of the Gulf in secluded and pleasant valleys.” 
Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 
Belted Kingfisher. 
Common summer resident in the southern part of Labrador. 
Audubon, Stearns, Brewster, Frazar, and Palmer found this bird 
on the southern coast of Labrador. Low says it is “not found north 
of the vicinity of the Grand Falls, Hamilton River. Common on 
Romaine River and at Lake Mistassini.” He records its arrival at 
