26 TUBINARES: Tube-nosed Swimmers 



TUBINARES: Ocean wanderers, seeking their animal food in 

 every part of the seven seas. Apparently they never visit land 

 except to nest, when they are found usually in large colonies. 

 Owing to their open-ocean range and their habit of breeding on 

 remote islands, or perhaps on mountain-tops or among broken 

 rocks, knowledge of life-histories of this Order is very in- 

 complete. 



BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS 



(81. Diomedea nigripes) 30 in. 



A thick-set bird, with body the size of a large goose; sooty- 

 brown above, lighter below, and whitish about the base of the 

 large, thick bill. Wings long and narrow, saber-shaped. 



Feeds on fish, squids, pelagic crabs, and any other sort of 

 animal matter that can be gleaned from the ocean surface. 



The "Goony" of the mariner. 



SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS See Appendix. 



(82. Diomedea albatrus) 36 in. 



FAMILY FULMARS, etc. 



HYDROBATID^E: Nostrils joined in a tube on top of bill. 

 Fulmars, " chunky "in shape, this appearance partly due to 

 dense plumage; head large; bill stout. Feed largely while sitting 

 on the water. 



PACIFIC FULMAR 



(86b. Fulmarus glacialis glupischa) 18 in. 



A thick-bodied, thick-necked, slender-winged bird, usually 

 deep plumbeous in color (dark phase). Sometimes white with 

 middle of back bluish gray, and blackish spotting on wings 

 (light phase). Between these extremes are all sorts of inter- 

 mediates, possibly representing different ages rather than 

 different phases. 



Feeds on squids, small fish, and crustaceans, gleaned from the 

 water's surface. 



