. Bird life in Labrador [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. I i i 'I *' I !i!i' i^'.^^ 28 Bird-Life In Ldhradoi:. along the , ever a but never a common bird, so far as I could discover. I saw several specimens in various houses where I visited, though I shot but one mysidf while on the coast. It was taken October 14, at Old Fort Xsland. It was feeding at dusk near the kelp on the shore and with sev- eral other birds, probably of the same species. They were very \\ild, and I watched a long while and pursued them sev- eral times before finally capturing one. It was (piite wild. Th
. Bird life in Labrador [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. I i i 'I *' I !i!i' i^'.^^ 28 Bird-Life In Ldhradoi:. along the , ever a but never a common bird, so far as I could discover. I saw several specimens in various houses where I visited, though I shot but one mysidf while on the coast. It was taken October 14, at Old Fort Xsland. It was feeding at dusk near the kelp on the shore and with sev- eral other birds, probably of the same species. They were very \\ild, and I watched a long while and pursued them sev- eral times before finally capturing one. It was (piite wild. The flight and notes so deceived me at first that I tlu»ught them shore larks. The development of the hind claw of this bird, from which it receives its name, is something remarkable, it often reaching three-fourths of an inch and over in length. I doubt if it occurs in Summer. SAVANNA SPARROW Passerca/us snvami. — (WiLs.) Bp. AxD now we come to the charaeturistic "chip-bird" of liab- rador as well as of the whole ** North shore," everywhere com- mon and a resident, excepting in Winter, and breeding in abundance with its nest in everv dooryard and under everv clump and bush of the field, or every bunch of sedges along the shore. At all times and in all weathers you can count them by the scores in sight of the dooryard, and about every field and hedge on island or mainland along the coast. It :s, perhaps, the most abundant of all the small land birds that in- habit these regions. It is a tame and familiar little fellow, and feeds without fear about the doorsteps and in the door- yard, building its nest, laying its eggs, and tearing its young often in grassy clumps not two rods from the house. They are common all over the islands and on the mainland, and their song is a well-kno*" attraction to a native of the place. So reads the note book, thus far confirming all that has been said in the previous paragraph, and which was written entirely from memory ; and w
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