Albatrosses. 



8 I . Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes). L. 

 32. Ads. Sooty brown, lighter below; region about 

 base of bill whitish; upper mandible broad and rounded 

 at its base. Notes. A whining groan, uttered when 

 contesting for food. (Turner). 



Range. — North Pacific; north to Lat. 

 California. 



52 ° ; south at least to Lower 



82. Short-tailed Albatross {Diomedea albatrus). L. 

 36. Ads. White; the head straw; tail and primaries 

 gray brown; upper mandible broad and rounded at 

 base. 



Range.— North Pacific, north to Bering Strait; aouth, at least, to 

 Lower California. 



82.1. Laysan Albatross (Diomeda immutabilis). 

 L. 32. Ads. Head, neck, rump, upper tail coverts, 

 and whole under surface white; lores next to the eye 

 sooty black; back, wings, and end of the tail dark 

 sooty brown; interscapular region paler; base of the 

 tail whitish. (Cat. B. M.) 



Range. — Laysan Island, Pacific Ocean; 

 Lower California; 



casual off the coast of 



83. Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassogeron culmin- 



atus). L. 36. Ads. Above slate brown, grayer on 



head; rump white; below white; neck sometimes 

 grayish; tail gray. 



Range — "Indian and southern Pacific Oceans; casual off the 

 coast of Oregon; accidental in the Gulf of St. Lawrence." (A. O. U.) 



84. Sooty Albatross {Phcebetria fuliginosa). L. 35. 

 Ads. Sides of lower mandible conspicuously grooved; en- 

 tire plumage sooty brown, except a white eye-ring. 



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Range. — "Oceans of southern hemisphere, 

 Oregon." (A. O. U.) 



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