ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



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List of specimens collected. 



1^0. 92905. — Iris dark brown. Bill black. Tarsus light grayish blue ; naked part of tibiae, toes, and 

 webs black. Stomach empty. Extremely fat. 



No. 92903. — Iris dark brown. Bill blackish brown, lighter at base, and nasal shield tinged with olive. 

 Tarsus and hind toe light grayish blue ; tibiae, toes, and webs black. Testes small. Stomach contained 

 an Arvicola rutila. Rather fat. 



No. 92904. — Iris dark brown. Bill blacki.sh brown, nasal shield olive gray. Naked part of tibias, tar- 

 sup, and portion of toes nearest to the tarsus, light grayish blue, remainder, including hind toe, black. 

 Eggs in ovary very small and undeveloped. In stomach only a few fish-bones. 



The Long-tailed JiBger does not breed on the islands. Those which I 

 met were only adult males or birds of the first year. I should not be 

 surprised, however, if this species in a near future might be induced to 

 settle on Bering Island on account of the enormous increase of Arvicola 

 rutila, which has been introduced into the island within the last ten 

 years. 



Superfamily PROCELLAROIDE^. 

 Family DIOMEDEID^. 



27. Diomedea albatrus Paxl. 



1769.— Diomedea albairus Pall., Spicil. Zool., V, p. 28.— /^., Zoogr. Ross. As., II. p. 308 

 (1826).— SwiNH., Ibis, 1864, p. 423.— Seeb., Ibis 1884, p. 176.— Turner, Auk, 

 1885, p. 1.^8. 



1820. — Diomedea chinensis Temm., Mau. d'Orn., 2rl ed., I, p. ex. 



1835. — Diomedea brachiura Temm., Pl. Color., V, livr. 94, pi. 554. — Temm. & Schleg., 

 Faun. Japoii. Aves (pl. 66) (1849).— Kittl., Deukw., I, pp. 234, 248.— 

 SwiNH., Ibis 1860, p. 67.— Id., ibid., 1863, p. 431.— 7rf., ibid., 1864, p. 423.— 

 Id., ibid., 1867, p. 226.— Id., ibid., 1870, p. 366.— M, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329.— 

 Id., ibid., 1871, p. 422.— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Philada., 1862, p. 326.— Finsch, 

 Abb. Breiu. Ver. Ill, 1872, p. 83. — Dall, Avif. Aleut. Isl. west Uual., p. 

 8 (1874).— CouF.s, in Elliott's Aflf. Alaska, p. 194 (1875).— Taczan., J. f. 

 Orn., 18:6, p. 202.— Id., Orn. Faun. Vest. Sibir, p. 65, (1877).— /rf., Bull., 

 Soc. Zool. France, 1877, p. 40.— Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 218.— 

 lid., Tr. As. Soc. Jap., VIII, 1880, p. 190.— JM., ibid., X, 1882, p. 106.— Bean, 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 170.— Elliott, Monogr. Seal Isl., p. 131 (1882).— 

 Nelson, Cruise Corwin, p. Ill (1883). — Blakist., Amend. List B. Jap., p. 

 35 (1834). 



Pallas's description of Diomedea albatrus is based ui)on a specimen 

 sent i'rom Kauitschatka to the Academy of St. Petersburg by Steller, 



