[222] Histrionicus histrionicus, the Harlequin Duck.—E. C.
[223] The Washington Eagle, or "Bird of Washington," of Audubon's works, is based upon the young Bald Eagle, Haliaëtus leucocephaluis. The bird here noted may have been either this species, or the Aquila chrysaëtus.—E. C.
[224] See Episode "A Labrador Squatter."
[225] Or Labrador Duck, Camptolæmus labradorius. This is a notable record, considering that the species became extinct about 1875.—E. C.
[226] This is the White-winged Coot or Scoter just mentioned above, Œdemia deglandi.—E. C.
[227] Brown or Northern Phalarope.
[228] The Curlew which occurs in almost incredible numbers in Labrador is the Eskimo, Numenius borealis; the one with the bill about four inches long, also found in that country, but less commonly, is the Hudsonian, N. hudsonicus. See Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philada., 1861, p. 236.—E. C.
[229] Pomarine Jager, or Gull-hunter, now called Stercorarius pomarinus.—E. C.
[230] A small village on the coast of Labrador, latitude 51°; not the Bras D'Or of Cape Breton Island.
[231] Empetrum nigrum.