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rested and its wings closed it seemed to have a white collar around 

 the black head. There was a marked contrast between the plum- 

 beous back, the white collar and the blackhead." On June 4th 

 I saw a number of specimens circling over a pool by the road- 

 side not far from the hotel at Stony mountain, 14 miles from Win- 

 nipeg, Manitoba". The white was on the bend of both wings in all 

 the birds seen. Further observations made at Ribstone creek, 

 Sask., in August 1906, lead me to think that the forms mentioned 

 above may have been albinos. {Macoitn^ 



Family VI. RYNCHOPIDiE, Skimmers. 

 XXVIII. RYNCHOPS Linn^.us. 1758. 



80. Black Skimmer. 



Rynchops nigra Linn. 1758. 



Accidental on the south Atlantic coast. A large flock seen in 

 the Bay of Fundy. 1879. {Board?nan.) 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed Swimmers. 

 Family VII. DIOMEDEID^. Albatrosses. 

 XXIX. DIOMEDEA Linn^.us. 1758. 



81. Black-footed Albatross. 



Diomedea nigripes Audubon. 1839. 



Common in the North Pacific Ocean, north to the Aleutian 

 islands. Eleven specimens were taken near Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 by Mcllhenny. 



82. Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea alb atr us Pall. 1769. 



Tolerably common on both coasts of Vancouver island, but 

 more abundant on the west coast; have been taken in Victoria 

 harbour. (Fannin.) From lat. 50° N. in the North Pacific, this 

 fine bird becomes more or less numerous and thence north 

 replaces the preceding species; it is found throughout the Aleutian 



