BIRDS—DIOMEDEINAE—DIOMEDEA FULIGINOSA. 823 
Ficures.—Pl. col. 468. 
Sp. Cu.—Head and neck grayish ash ; space between the bill and the eye, and around the latter, grayish black, a white line 
on the hind part of the lower eyelid; back and wing coverts dark brownish ash, lightest on the back ; rump and upper tail 
coverts pure white ; primaries brownish black, having the edge of the inner webs dark ash, except near the end ; shafts of the 
primaries white at the base, but gradually changing to brown at the end ; secondaries dark brownish ash, with the basal parts 
of the inner websash gray ; tail plumbeous gray, with the base and shafts white: breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts white; 
bill black, having the ridge of the upper mandible yellow quite to the point ; lower part of under mandible also yellow ; legs 
and feet yellow. L 
Length about 36 inches ; wing, 22; tail 9; bill 43; tarsus 33. 
Hab.—Pacific ocean ; coast of Oregon. 
One specimen in the collection from off the mouth of Columbia river. 
The most striking characteristics of this species are its pure white rump and lead colored tail, 
and the yellow culmen of bill. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. Locality. Whence obtained. Orig. Collected by— Wings. 
No. No 
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Phoebetria, Reich.! 
DIOMEDEA FULIGINOSA, Gmelin. 
The Sooty Albatross. 
Diomedea fuliginosa, Gmex. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 568. 
‘© Diomedea antarctica, Banks.” 
“* Diomedea palpebrata, Forster.” 
Diomidae fusca, Aup. Orn. Bi.og. V, 1839, 116.—Is. Birds Am. VII, 1844, 200 ; pl. ececliv. 
Ficures.—Pl. Col. 469. 
Sr. Cu.—The general color of the plumage is sooty brown, darkest on the head ; the quill feathers and tail blackish brown, 
the shafts of both conspicuously white ; the tail cuneate ; bill black, with a deep, yellow lateral groove on the under mandible ; 
tarsi and feet yellow ; the eyelids are bordered with pure white, except for a small portion of the anterior part. 
Length, 34 inches ; wing, 21; tail, 11; bill, 43 ; tarsus, 3. 
Hab.—Pacific coasts of California and Oregon. 
Readily distinguished from all the other species by its dark colored plumage, the white border 
to the eye, and the cuneate form of its tail. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. Locality. Whence obtained. Orig. Collected by— Wings. 
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1 Bill short, compressed, deeply sulcate ; tail elongated, cuneate. 
