The last Labrador Duck is believed to have been seen at Elmira, New York on December 12, 1878 ; the last preserved specimen was shot in 1875 on Long Island.

The Labrador Duck migrated annually, wintering off the coasts of New Jersey and New England — where it favoured southern sandy coasts, bays, and inlets — and breeding in Labrador in the summer.

The Labrador Duck was also known as a Pied Duck, a vernacular name that it shared with the Surf Scoter and the Common Goldeneye ( and even the American Oystercatcher ), a fact that has led to difficulties in interpreting old records of these species, and also as Skunk Duck.

The closest evolutionary relatives of the Labrador Duck are apparently the scoters ( Melanitta ).

The Labrador Duck fed on small molluscs, and some fishermen reported catching it on fishing lines baited with mussels.

Another, completely unrelated, duck with similar ( but even more specialized ) bill morphology is the Australian Pink-eared Duck, which feeds largely on plankton, but also mollusks ; the condition in the Labrador Duck probably resembled that in the Blue Duck most in outward appearance.

It is thought that the Labrador Duck was always rare, but between 1850 and 1870, populations waned further.

Although all sea ducks readily feed on shallow-water molluscs, no Western Atlantic bird species seems to have been as dependent on such food as much as the Labrador Duck.

* Ducher, William ( 1894 ): The Labrador Duck – another specimen, with additional data respecting extant specimens.

* The Labrador Duck from John James Audubon's Birds of America

** Camptorhynchus, Labrador Duck ( extinct )

* Camptorhynchus labradorius Labrador Duck

** † Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius ( extinct )

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The Labrador Duck was a common bird on the Canadian coast until 19th century, but is now extinct.

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P. s. labradorius, Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador

* P. s. labradorius, breeds in Newfoundland, Labrador, and N Quebec

Other coastal animals include the Labrador Wolf ( Canis lupus labradorius ), caribou ( Rangifer spp.

* In the year 1000, the Icelander Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot on North American soil, corresponding to today's Eastern coast of Canada, i. e. the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, including the area of land named " Vinland " by Ericson.

In the four Atlantic provinces ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador ), the reception of English law was automatic, under the principle set out by Blackstone relating to settled colonies.

There is speculation that Viking explorers discovered and settled in the Vinland region around 1000 AD, which is when the L ' Anse aux Meadows settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador has been dated, and it is possible that further exploration was made into the present-day Maritimes and northeastern United States.

It was thought to breed in Labrador, and it wintered from Nova Scotia to as far south as Chesapeake Bay.

On December 6, 2001, an amendment was made to the Constitution of Canada to change the province's official name to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Before 1841, the territory roughly corresponding to Southern Ontario in Canada belonged to the British colony of the Province of Upper Canada, while the southern portion of Quebec and the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador belonged to the colony of the Province of Lower Canada ( until 1809, when Labrador was transferred to the colony of Newfoundland ).

In 1960 archaeological evidence of the only known Norse settlement in North America ( outside of Greenland ) was found at L ' Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland, in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Even so, agreements made at the Congress of Vienna ( where Spain was represented by Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador ) would cement international support for the old, absolutist regime in Spain.

Nigger was the name given to a black Labrador dog that belonged to British Royal Air Force Wing Commander Guy Gibson in the 1940s.

In 1766 Banks was elected to the Royal Society, and in the same year, at 23, he went with Phipps aboard the frigate to Newfoundland and Labrador with a view of studying their natural history.

On 7 May, he noted a large number of " Penguins " swimming around the ship on the Grand Banks, and a specimen he collected in Chateau Bay, Labrador, was later identified as the Great Auk.

The French declaration of war against Tuscany led to his removal ( he was escorted by the Spaniard Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador ) by way of Parma, Piacenza, Turin and Grenoble to the citadel of Valence, the chief town of Drôme where he died six weeks after his arrival, on 29 August 1799, having then reigned longer than any Pope ( except possibly St. Peter ).

It covered the southern portion of the modern-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador ( until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809 ).

* Joan Cook ( born October 6, 1934 in English Harbour West, Newfoundland ) was a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador.

In 1977, early in only the second season on the Labrador run, the Carson sank in 500 feet ( 150 m ) of water on the night of June 2 / morning of June 3, 1977 after striking a small iceberg while navigating 12 nautical miles ( 22 km ) off Battle Harbour.

The woodland mix varies according to geography and climate so for example the Eastern Canadian forests ecoregion of the higher elevations of the Laurentian Mountains and the northern Appalachian Mountains in Canada is dominated by balsam fir Abies balsamea, while further north the Eastern Canadian Shield taiga of northern Quebec and Labrador is notably black spruce Picea mariana and tamarack larch Larix laricina.

In summer, leaves of willows, black spruce, birches, and bog Labrador tea ( Ledum groenlandicum ) are also consumed.

The team's mascot was a black Labrador retriever named Alien, who was known for charging the field and retrieving the kicking tee following each kickoff.

Guy Gibson also owned a black Labrador named Nigger, who was the mascot of the squadron for some time.

* Koni ( dog ), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's black Labrador Retriever

In 1997, a Japanese retelling of the story, Chibikuro Sampo (" sampo " means " taking a walk " in Japanese, " Chibi " means " shorty " and " kuro " means black ), replaced the protagonist with a black Labrador puppy that goes for a stroll in the jungle.

The most recent animal to be honoured is Treo, a black Labrador, honoured for his " heroic actions as an arms and explosives search dog in Afghanistan ".

However, the label is not named after a badger, as is noted in the Barsuk Records FAQ, but after Christopher Possanza and Jason Avinger's dog, a black Labrador.

Steven lives in Ripley, Ohio with his wife Darci and black Labrador dog, Gabe.

* Sponsor of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service's fire investigation dog, one of seventeen such dogs used in England to support accelerant detection in arson investigations, which is a black Labrador Retriever named " CeeCee ".

The Led Zeppelin song " Black Dog ", which appeared on Led Zeppelin IV, was named after a black Labrador Retriever which was found hanging around Headley Grange during recording.

Wilderness recreational opportunities in the Labrador West area include camping, fishing, hunting ( particularly for caribou, black bear, and ptarmigan ), hiking, boating, skiing, and snowmobiling.

Poncho ( Kit's black Labrador / Border Collie mix ) is an average dog.

In February 2010, Treo, a black Labrador, was awarded the Dickin Medal for services in Afghanistan.