ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES. 5 



Range. — Breeds from Washington, southern Saskatchewan, and southern 

 Manitoba south to southern California, Utah, and northern North Dakota. 

 Winters from southern British Columbia south through California to Lower 

 California and central Mexico (Jalisco). Casual in Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario (?); and 

 at Craig, Alaska, 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



Podilymbus Lesson, Traited'Orn.,Livr. 8, Jmie 11, 1831,595. Type, by 

 monotypy, Podiceps carolinensis Latham = Colymbus podiceps Lin- 

 naeus. 



Podilymbus podiceps podiceps (Linnaeus). Pied-billed Grebe. [6.] 



Colymbus Podiceps Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 136. Based on 

 The Pie-Bill Dapchick, Podiceps minor, rostro vario Catesby, Carolina, 

 I, 91. (in America septentrionali = South Carolina.) 



Range. — North America generally. Breeds locally from central British 

 Columbia, Great Slave Lake, Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, southern 

 Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia south to Florida, Texas, 

 and parts of Mexico. Winters from New York, New Jersey (occasionally), 

 and the Potomac Valley, Vancouver Island, southern British Columbia, Wash- 

 ington, Arizona, and Texas southward; and in Cuba. Casual in Bermuda; 

 accidental in the Azores. [Closely allied races occur in the West Indies 

 and in South America.] 



Order PROCELLARIIFORMES. Tube-nosed 

 Swimmers. 



Family DIOMEDEIDAE. Albatrosses. 



Genus DIOMEDEA Linnaeus. 



Diomedea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 132. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Diomedea exidans Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Subgenus PHOEBASTRIA Reichenbach. 



Phoebastria Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat. 1852 [1853], v. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Diomedea brachyura Temminck = D. albatrus Pallas. 



Diomedea riigripes Audubon. Black-footed Albatross. [81.] 



Diomedea nigripes Audubon, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 327. (Pacific Ocean, 

 lat. 30° 44' N., long. 146° [W.].) 



