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these birds were collected at the stern of the ship by trailing a piece 

 of meat in the water. When we were within about 10 miles of the 

 island they began to leave, one by one sailing off over the sea out 

 of sight, until, less than half an hour afterward, they were all gone, 

 nor were there any in sight, although the meat was still trailing out 

 astern. It is very remarkable that this species should never be 

 found in any of the enclosed seas bordering the north Pacific, in all 

 of which IK albatrus occurs, especially as it is common to within 

 sight of the islands separating those seas from the ocean. 



On June 6 a Black-footed Albatross was seen just before coming to 

 anchor in Agattu, about 20 miles offshore; on the 12th, hetw r een Attu 

 and Copper Island, one was noticed about the stern in the morning, 

 and two in the afternoon. On June 25 we saw a number between 

 Simushir and Yezo, and again on October 1 they were common off 

 the northern coast of Yezo, but only on the Pacific side of the Kuril 

 chain. 



We next met with this species on the first day out from Yokohama, 

 homeward bound, and the birds followed us continuously until we 

 were near the island of Kaui, when they disappeared, to reappear 

 again just east of Molokai, after which they remained common until 

 we were near the Californian coast. They were not nearly so abun- 

 dant in this part of the Pacific as in the northeast, from California 

 north to Alaska. 



Specimens of this bird were obtained about 70 miles west of the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, at sea. The birds were shot from the ship 

 and picked up by means of a small boat. The uninjured members of 

 the (lock, a dozen or more in number, were exceedingly tame, and 

 would remain on the water until the boat w T as within a few feet of 

 t hem before taking wing. 



I examined carefully with a glass all the dark-colored albatrosses 

 which came within range of the ship, as there was a possibility of the 

 occurrence of Pha bt tria palpi India (Forster) i=^fuliginosa of authors) 

 in these waters, it having been recorded from the coast of Oregon; 

 but as it is easily distinguishable on the wing both from I), nigripes 

 and immature IK albatrus, 1 have no hesitation in referring all the 

 birds seen in t his region to one or the ol her of t hese last two species. 



DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS Pallas. 

 SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS. ALBATROS. PONGAPITH. ATO. 



We first saw this species about 200 miles easl of [Jnalaska on the 



day before our arrival at Dutch Harbor. On the next day two were 

 seen near the Aleutian chain, one of ihem within ."> miles of the 

 islands. Two more were seen between Attu and Copper Island on 

 June 12; on the 20th one was observed about 20 miles oil' the Kam- 

 chatkan coast, and the next day another in the Okhotsk Sea, near 



