48 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



FAMILY RYNCHOPID^E. SKIMMERS. 

 GENUS RYNCHOPS LINN^US. 



Rynchops LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 138. Type, by monotypy, 

 Rynchops nigra LINNAEUS. 



Rynchops nigra LINNAEUS. Black Skimmer. [80.] 



Rynchops nigra LINNAEUS, 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 TUBINAEES. TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY DIOMEDEIDJE. ALBATROSSES. 

 GENUS DIOMEDEA LINN^US. 



Diomedea LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 132. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Diomedea exulans LINN^US (Gray, 1840). 



SUBGENUS PHGEBASTRIA REICHENBACH. 



Phoebastria REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, v. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Diomedea brachyura TEMMINCK = D. albatrus PALLAS. 



Diomedea nigripes AUDUBON. Black-footed Albatross. [81.] 



Diomedea nigripes AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 327. (Pacific Ocean, 

 Lat. 30 44' N., Long. 146 W.) 



RANGE. 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. 



