28 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
OrDER TUBINARES. TuBE—NOSED 
SWIMMERS. 
Famity DIOMEDEIDZ. A cpatrossEs. 
Genus DIOMEDEA Linnevs. 
Diomedea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 132. Type, D. exulans 
LINN. 
81. Diomedea nigripes Aub. 
Black-footed Albatross. 
Diomedea nigripes AuD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 327. 
[B—, C 579, R 700, C 811.] 
Groc. Dist.— North Pacific, including west coast of North America. 
82. Diomedea albatrus Patt. 
Short-tailed Albatross. 
Diomedea albatrus PALL. Spic. Zool. V. 1769, 28. 
[B6g4, C 678) Ri zor, C 8ie.| 
Groc. Dist.— Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, 
northward to Bering Sea. 
Genus THALASSOGERON Ripeway. 
Thalassogeron Ripcw. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 357. Type, 
Diomedea culminata GOULD. 
[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus (GouLp). 
Yellow-nosed Albatross. 
Diomedea culminata Gou.n, P. Z. S. 1843, 107. 
Thalassogeron culminatus Ripcw. Water B.N. Am. II. 1884, 358. 
