4§ CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Famity RYNCHOPIDA.. SKIMMERS. 
GENus RYNCHOPS Linn xvs. 
Rynchops Linnxvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 138. Type, by monotypy, 
Rynchops nigra LinN&xvUs. 
Rynchops nigra Linn&=us. Black Skimmer. [80.] 
Rynchops nigra Linnaus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 138. (Coast of 
Carolina.) 
RanGE.— Tropical and temperate America. Breeds from Virginia 
(formerly New Jersey) to the Gulf coast and Texas; wanders casually 
north to Bay of Fundy; winters from the Gulf coast to Colima, Mex- 
ico, and Costa Rica; casual in the West Indies. 
OrDER TUBINARES: TuBE—NOSED SWIMMERS. 
FamMity DIOMEDEIDA. ALBATROSSES. 
GeENus DIOMEDEA LINN US. 
/ Diomedea LinnxUvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 132. Type, by subs. desig., 
Diomedea exulans LinN™mus (Gray, 1840). ; 
Suscenus PHQ:BASTRIA ReicHENBACH. 
Phebastria REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, v. Type, by orig. desig., 
Diomedea brachyura TEMMINCK = D. albatrus PAuuas. 
Diomedéa nigripes AUDUBON. Black-footed Albatross. [81.] 
Diomedea nigripes AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 327. (Pacifie Ocean, 
Lat. 30° 44’ N., Long. 146° W.) 
Rance.— North Pacific. Breeds on islands northwest of Hawaii 
and on Marshall Islands; occurs off coast from southern Alaska to 
California and western Mexico, and off coasts of China and Japan. 
