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Picoides americanus Brehm. 
American Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Common permanent resident north to tree limit. 
Packard says it is “common and resident throughout the wooded 
portions” and Norton records a bird in juvenal plumage from the 
Northwest River. 
Bangs (’00, pp. 138, 142) characterizes the Labrador bird as Picoides 
americanus labradorius, type from Okkak; range, Labrador peninsula 
north to tree limit; intergrades in Quebec. He bases this on 24 
specimens as follows: from Okkak, 8; Nain, 4; Hopedale, 3; northern 
Labrador, 1; Black Bay, 2; Lance au Loup, 2. We obtained the 
skins of two from the Eskimos at Hopedale which Air. Bangs recog¬ 
nizes as of the same type. In the article referred to above, he charac¬ 
terizes labradorius as “the blackest of the American black-and-white- 
backed three-toed woodpeckers.” “Crown patch of cT darker yellow, 
about ochre yellow.” This form has not, however, been recognized 
by the American ornithologist’s union. 
Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. 
Northern Flicker. 
Uncommon summer resident in southern half of Labrador, occa¬ 
sional as far as Hudson Strait. 
Stearns on the southern coast found it “not rare, at least as far as 
L’Anse Claire.” Low says a single specimen was seen near the 
Grand Falls of the Hamilton River on Alay 30th. Spreadborough 
reported a few as far north as Fort George, James Bay, in June, 1896, 
and Packard states that a “straggler was procured from the mainland 
near Akpatok Island, Hudson Strait, October, 1882. Reported com¬ 
mon summer resident to Northwest River.” 
Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). 
Nighthawk. 
Common summer resident in southern Labrador locally. 
Stearns says it is “common at Natashquan.” Low reported: 
