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80. Rynchops nigra LINN. 



Black Skimmer. 



Rynchops nigra LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 228. 

 [B 697, C 577, R 656, C 809.] 



HAB. Warmer parts of America, north on the Atlantic coast to 

 New Jersey, and casually to the Bay of Fundy. 



ORDER TUBINARES. TUBE-NOSED 



SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY DIOMEDEID^B. ALBATROSSES. 



GENUS DIOMEDEA LINN^US. 

 Diomedea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 132. Type, D. exulans LINN. 



81. Diomedea nigripes AUD. 



Black-footed Albatross. 



Diomedea nigripes AUD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 327. 



[B , C 579, R 700, C8n.] 

 HAB. North Pacific, including west coast of North America. 



82. Diomedea albatrus PALL. 



Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea albatrus PALL. Spic. Zool. V. 1769, 28. 

 [6631, C 578, R 701, C 810.] 



HAB. Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, north- 

 ward to Bering's Sea. 



GENUS THALASSOGERON RIDGWAY. 



Thalassogeron RIDGW. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 357. Type, Dio- 

 medea culminata GOULD. 



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