[196] The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa hæmastica (Linn.). This name was based on the drawing of a specimen from Hudson Bay. It breeds in the marshes on the west coast of the Bay, probably nearly throughout its length.
[197] The Spotted Godwit of Pennant ("Arct. Zool.," ii. p. 467, 1785) is the Greater Yellowlegs, Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.).
[198] Arenaria morinella (Linn.). The Turnstone is abundant along the west coast of Hudson Bay in migration, and doubtless breeds about its northern shores, though I am not aware that its nest has actually been discovered there.
[CK] They exactly correspond with the bird described by Mr. Pennant, except that they are much longer.
[199] Charadrius dominicus Müller. Formerly very abundant, as Hearne intimates, but now very much reduced in numbers. It breeds about the northern shores of Hudson Bay.
[200] Cepphus mandti (Mandt). This Guillemot is abundant on Hudson Bay and the neighbouring waters to the northward.
[201] Gavia immer (Brünn.). This is perhaps the least abundant of the Loons found on Hudson Bay, though common in the lakes of the interior.
[202] Gavia adamsi (Gray). Hearne's statement that the bird has a white bill shows that he refers to the present species, though a Black-throated Loon, Gavia pacifica (Lawrence), is common there. Perhaps he confuses the two. At any rate, G. adamsi is abundant over much of the country traversed by him on his Coppermine journey, but I am not aware that it has been detected as far east as Hudson Bay.
[203] Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Abundant in the lake-studded country bordering Hudson Bay.
[204] Though in all probability several species are included under this heading, the commonest is the widely distributed Herring Gull, Larus argentatus Pontoppidan. The "Grey Gull" following is undoubtedly the young of the same species.