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33. Arctic Tern. 



Stertia paradisd'a (Brunn.). 



From Dease Lake south, through the interior of the Mainhmd to Okan- 

 agan Lake. Two specimens — one taken at Dease Lake by James Porter, and 

 another shot at Okanagan Lake by A. C. Brooks, September, 1897. 



HYDROCHELIDON Boie. 



34. Black Tern. 



Hydroclielidon niyr'a surinamensis (Gmel.). 



Not common. I observed it at Okanagan, June, 1895. Taken at Sumas 

 and Okanagan Lake by A. C. Brooks, Buirard Inlet, Fraser River and 

 interior of Mainland. (Fannin.) 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed Swimmers. 



Family DIOMEDEID^. Albatrosses. 

 DIOMEDEA LiNN^us. 



35. Black-footed Albatross. 



Diomedea nic/rijjes (AuD.). 



West Coast of Vancouver Island. (Fannin.) Rare at Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. (Rer. J. H. Keen.) One specimen taken near Nanaimo, June 13th, 

 1904. 



36. Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea alhatrus (Pall.) 



In April, 1894, I found this species quite common in the Pacific Ocean, 

 near Cape Beale. 



Tolerably common on both coasts of Vancouver Island, but more abundant 

 on the West Coast ; a few have been taken in the straits off Victoria 

 Harbour. {Faniiin.) 



Family PROCELLARIID^. Fulmars ct Shearwaters. 



FULMARUS Stephens. 



37. Pacific Fulmar. 



Fidinnms (/facialis (jlupisclta (Stejn.). 



One specimen taken at Chemainus, Vancouver Island, November, 1895. 

 (Fanni^i.) 



PUFFINUS Brisson. 



38. Black-vented Shearwater. 



Fiiftinus opisUiomeJas (CoUEs). 

 Not common; four specimens taken off Albert Head, October 24th, 1891. 



