984 WASIIIXr.TOX IIYPOTIIETU' \[. LIST. 



H. No. 45- 



WAXDKRING ALBATROSS. 



A, O. v. Hypothetical List. Diomedea exulans Linn. 



Description. — Chiefly white; the tlitjht-fcilliers lilactcisli and tin- iipperparts nii>re or 

 less varied by dusky.. Of immense size: length up to 4! feet; extent alidiit ro feet but 14 

 of record; wing j feel or more; tail 8.00; bill about 7.00; tarsus 5.00. 



Range. — Southern oceans; of doubtful occurrence in Tampa Bay. Florida and off coast 

 of Washington. 



H. No. 46. 



RODCERS'S FULMAR. 



.\ O. L'. Xo. S!). I Fulmarus rodgersi Cass. 



Description. — Manllc dark a-- in /■'. ,;,'. glupischa (<;. v. p. 865) liul much restricted, tile 

 inner quills and covert^l chiefly white; primaries chiefly white on inner welis, their shafts 

 yellow. No dark phase known. Status of species not fully established — may be misunder- 

 stood phase of F. g,. glupischa. 



General Range. — "Bering Sea and adjacent parts of the North Pacific." 



Occurrence in Washington. — Is sure to occur oft' our coasts m equal abundance with 

 glupischa. 



H. No. 47- 



SLEXnF.R-BILl.ED FUL.MAR. 



A. O. V. No. 87. Priocella glacialoides (Smith). ' 



Description. — .idult: "Plumage white with clear pearly-blue mantle and black prima- 

 ries, just like .1 C.uU. Mantle beginning faintly on nape, continuing over whole back, rump, 

 tail, wing-coverts, and inner quills; edge of wing slaty-gray; lining of wing mostly white; 

 primaries black, their shafts yellowish-white at base, their inner webs pearly white to near 

 the ends; white of first primary extending to within 2.00 of the tip, farther on the rest 

 successively, reaching end of 6th; outer webs of secondaries slaty-ldack ; a small dusky 

 spot before eye; a faint pearly shade on sides of breast and body. Bill yellow; nasal-tube, 

 hook, and sometimes base of upper mandible obscured with bluish horn color or blackish ; 

 feet pale flesh-color, obscured on outer toe, drying blackish" (Coues). Length about 18.50; 

 wing 1,^00; tail 5.25. graduated for i.oo; bill 2.00, depth and width at base .75; tarsus 2.00. 



Range. — "Seas of the southern hemisphere, and northward along Pacific coast of North 

 .■\merica to WaNhington" ( .\. O. C ) 



Supposed Occurrence in Washing;ton. — 'The claim of F. glacialoides to a place in 

 the fauna of North .America rests, I believe, solely upon the type said to have been taken 

 off the Columbia River. If the specimen came from there as reported, the bird must be 

 regarded as a very rare or accidental visitor to our coast, for none of the later observers 

 have met with the species." — .\. W. .\nthony. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTE. 



Because "The Birds of \V.\sniNGTON" has now considerably exceeded the limits of 

 space originally assigned to it, it has been found necessary to omit the Bibliographies alluded 

 to in the Preface. These would necessarily have been of a somewhat technical character 

 and of doulitful interest to the majority of our readers, but we regret the possible (lis- ' 

 appointment of others. 



