FULMARS AND SHEARWATERS 



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instead of following vessels for food it usually gives a vride berth 

 to any .species of sailing craft. At Monterey, in stormy winter 

 weather, Mr. Loomis has seen some of the birds in the bay. The 

 largest number he has recorded from the region were seen off Point 

 Pinos, a dozen beini>- counted in an hour. 



GENUS THALASSOGERON. 



[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus {Gould). Yellow-nosed Alba- 

 tross. 



Hoi-ny plate on top of bill not widened back of nostrils ; a strip of soft 

 skin between top and side plates ; size of a large goose, ^[dtilts : head, 

 neck, and shoulders gray, shading- into blackish of back, wings, and tail ; 

 under parts white ; bill l>lack on sides, bordered above and below with 

 yellow. Letiyth : ;>")-o7, wing 17.75-21.00, bill 4.85-4.50, tail 8-0. 



Distributio)i. — Southern oceans, north casually to coast of Oregon and 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



GENUS PHCEBETRIA. 



84. Phoebetria fuliginosa (GmeL). Sooty Albatross. 



Tail long and graduated, reaching' well beyond tips of folded wings ; 



size large. Adults : eyelids white, area 

 around eyes blackish ; sides of head 

 and throat sooty ; rest of under parts 

 light smoky gray ; back of neck and 

 back smoky gray ; wing- and tail sooty ; 

 bill black, feet yellowish. Young {?): 

 upper parts blackish except for slaty 

 gray on middle of back ; ixnder parts 

 slatv gray. Length : o4-;57, wing- 20.00- 

 21.50, extent 78-84. tail 10.50-i;}.00. 



Distribution. — South Pacific, north 

 (casually) to coast of Oregon. 



FAMILY PROCELLARIIDiE : FULMARS AND 

 SHEARWATERS. 



KEY TO OENEKA. 



1. Wing 17 or more, tail feathers 1(5 . . . Ossifraga, p. o4. 

 1. Wing^ 15 or less, tail feathers 12-14. 



^i 2. Wing: 7 or less, tail forked . . . Oceanodroma, p. ;>7. 



Fig. 54. 2'. Wing- *.) or more, tail not forked. 



3. Nasal tubes opening- separately, with i)ai-ti(ioii ;is wide as 



opening Pllffinus, ]). oO. 



Ij'. Na.sal tubes opening- together and inclosing a thin par- 

 tition between nostrils. 

 4. Kill short and stout, about twice as long- as depth at 

 base F'ulmarus, p. ;J4. 



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4.' Hill long and sleiulcr, over twice as long- as dcptli at 



„. .. S base Priocella, p. 34. 



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