Ki:v TO Tin-: watick iukds oi-- i-lokida. 



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ORDER rUBINARP:S, 



Ti i'.i:-\()si':i) S\\ iMMicRs. 



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Family DIOMEDEID.E. Alp.atrossks. 



Gem s DIOMEDEA Eixx. 



DIOMEDEA EXULANS //////. 

 Wandering Albatross. 



. h///// : (leneral color yellowish white : remiges dusky : hill 

 white, pale yellowish at ti]). I niiiiatiirr birds are dark brown, 

 showing whitish on the forehead and face. 



Length about 4 feet ; extent of wings (spread) about lo 

 to 12 feet. 



^"'he onh' claim this species has to he in- 

 cluded amouo" our bii"ds is the alleged captiu-e 

 pa I^ay, Florida. It is an Antarctic species. 



Family PROCELLARIID.F:. Fulmars, Shearwaters, Petrel.s. 

 Gexls PUFFINUS Brisson. 



PUFFINUS MAJOR Fahcr. 

 Greater Shearwater. 



Adult : deneral plumage brown, grayish on 

 the head : under parts and lining of wing white 

 tail brown : crissum dark ; under tail coverts 

 gray ; tarsus dark in front, the rest pale. 



Length. 19: \Vi ng, 12.50 : Tail. 5.75 : Hill. 2.40 

 Tarsus. 2. 



Ranges from Cajit' llorn antl Ca])e 

 of Good Hope to Greenland. I know 

 of no positive record of the occurrence 

 of this bird in Florida, but once saw 

 a stuffed specimen in f acksonxille, 

 which the dealer claimed was killed 

 off the coast. 



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