pied [duck]

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Arctic; eskimo*; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65784

pied The second volume of the Arctic Zoology contains far fewer of Cartwright's notes, and is disappointing in that he adds nothing to Pennant's observation on the Pied, i.e. Labrador Duck, now extinct. Pennant's notes on the Eskimo Curlew were derived from Banks. Cartwright adds (p. 461) : 'These birds always make their first appearance on the coast of Labrador between the 28th of July and the 8th of August, and are to be met with in the greatest abundance every where along the sea coast where the ground is clear of timber and provides plnty of heath-berries. At their first coming they are lean, but soon grow very fat. In general they are plentyful till the middle of September, and some few are to be met with as late as the middle of October, but hard gales of wind from the N.W. to the N.E. cause them to migrate sooner. They never seen on their return to the northward. Some few are double the size of the rest, and not so delicious. I have known a man shoot 150 a day.' On p. 468, Cartwright deletes Stone Curlew, which Pennant, quoting Banks, gave as the colloquial name for the Greater Yellowlegs, and inserts 'Aunt Sary: are common in Labrador in the summer time, and in greatest plenty on flat muddy shores.' P. Doesn't mention Labrador PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN MAR 1974 JH MAR 197 Used I Not used Not used The date in the bottom right hand corner has been cut off 'MAR 197 '