370 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Famity DIOMEDEIDS. 
Diomedéa éxulans LiInn®us. Wandering Albatross. [4.1.] 
Diomedea exulans Linnxus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 132. (Cape of 
Good Hope region.) 
The North American records are unsatisfactory. 
Famity PROCELLARIID&. 
Piffinus kihli (BorE). Cinereous Shearwater. [5.] 
Procellaria kuhlii Born, Isis, XXVIII, 1835, 257. (Coast of Corsica.) 
An Eastern Atlantic species, of which no American specimens are 
known to exist in collections. 
Oceanédroma hérnbyi (Gray). Hornby’s Petrel. [6.] 
Thalassidroma hornbyi Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853 (1854), 62. 
(‘‘ North-west coast of America.’’) 
A very distinct species, of which only one specimen has been ob- 
tained, the alleged locality being the ‘‘north-west coast of America.” 
Famity ANATIDZE. 
Anas rabripes tristis BREwsTER. Red-legged Black duck. 
Anas rubripes tristis BrREwstER, Auk, X XVI, April, 1909, 176. 
As the validity of this form has been questioned, it has been trans- 
ferred to the Hypothetical List pending further investigation. 
Famity SCOLOPACID. 
Pisdbia codperi (BairD). Cooper’s Sandpiper. [11.] 
Tringa cooperi Barrp, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pae., IX, 1858, 716. 
(Long Island, N. Y.) 
