Phoebasteia albatrus. ss*") 



18S7. Stejneger, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus., X, p. 125 (Commander Islands. 



Quite a number of adult and young visit the sea during the summer 



montbs, the black young ones being in tbe majorifcy, the old ones ap- 



pearing as early as the l / 2 III n. St.). 

 1889. Hhko.t&ckih (Nikolsky), 3an. AK.a;n. HayKb, LX, npHJi. N» 5, p. 274 



(1ns. Sacbalin; VI ad Post Korsakow nonnullae aves candidae obser- 



vatae). 



Diomedea derogata. 



1889. Huko.'ibckiû CNikolskt), 3an. Akhr. HayKt, LX, npn.i. Ma 5, p. 274 (Ins. 

 Sachalin; ad Post Korsakow nonnullae aves nigrae observatae unaque 

 occisa).— N» 690. 



Grosse schwarze albatrossartige Vôgel. 



1890. Ditmak, Beitr. z. Kenntn. Russ. R., (3) VII, 1890, p. 244 (Ostufer von 

 Kamtschatka; 16. VI. 52, Miindung des Plusses Wahil: zwei grosse 

 schwarze albatrossartige Vogel, deren ûberaus gewandter Flug sie 

 unerreichbar fiir unsere Scbutzen machte). 



Diomedea. 

 1890. Ditmak, Beitr. z. Kenntn. Russ. R., (3) VII, 1890, p. 477 (Ochotzki- 

 scbes Meer, 50—60 Meilen von dem Ufer Kamtschatka's V2 VI. 53 fast 

 immerfort von zablreichen Wasservogeln umringt... seltener Diomedea, 

 von denen der grosse, weisse Albatros bàufiger sich zeigte als der 

 kleinere, schwarze). 

 Diomedea albatros. 



1890. CynpyHEHKo (Suprunenko), KaTa.i. Me;iyiyHap. TropeMH. BucTaBK., 

 JIht. X. Ora. Poccia. O-bt. Caxa.-iHH'i, p. 46 (Ins. Sachalin; in parte 

 meridionali per aestatem totam, in parte septentrionali rarior; advolat 

 Vi IV co])iose; „nidu]atur"J.— N» 691, 692, 693. 



Diomedea brachyura. 



1891. Schalow in Brandt, Journ. f. Orn.. 1891, p. 246 („Eigenthumlich fur 

 Kurilen und Aleuten"). 



Diomedea albatrus. 



1894. Taczanowski, Faun. orn. Sibér. orient., p. 1069 1 ' J 1 adlt. 1' ile de Beh- 

 ring; 9 adlt. 12. VIL 75 n. St. la baie d'Abreck 43° L. N.; $ immat. 

 V. 88 la côte des environs de Sidemi; $ juv. 9. VII. 75 la baie dAbreck 

 43° L. N.). 

 Diomedea derogata. 



1896. Snow, Notes Kuril Isl.J p. 34. 

 Diomedea albatrus. 



1898. Stejneger, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 277 (Kurils, occasional; ex 

 Paixas, ex Seebohm. — I saw one of dark phase at Raikoke 23. VIII.96). 



1899. Barrett-Hamilton & Jones, Geogr. Journ., XII, p. 284 (Kamtschatka, 

 Karaga Harbour, 21. VIII. 97; a fine adult albatross, D. albatrus, rose 

 from the water at our approachj. 



1900. Barrett-Hamilton, Ibis, 1900, p. 279 (Kamtschatka; 14—17. VIL 96; 

 we saw several, including an immature bird in the dark plumage in- 

 side .âvacha Bay, near Petropavlowsk); p. 285 (On 21. VIII. 97 we ran 

 up Ukinsk Bay on our way to Karaga Harbour... and even the high 



