28 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed 

 Swimmers. 



Family DIOMEDEID^. Albatrosses. 



Genus DIOMEDEA Linnaeus. 



Diomedea Linn. S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 132. Type, D. exula?is 

 Linn. 



81. Diomedea nigripes Aud. 



Black-footed Albatross. 



Diomedea nigripes Aud. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 327. 

 [B— , C579, R 700, C 811.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North Pacific, including west coast of North America. 



82. Diomedea albatrus Pall. 



Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea albatrus Pall. Spic. Zool. V. 1769, 28. 



[B 631, C 578, R 701, C 810.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, 

 northward to Bering Sea. 



Genus THALASSOGERON Ridgway. 



Thalassogeron Ridgw. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 357. Type, 

 Diomedea culminata Gould. 



[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus (Gould). 



Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Diomedea culminata Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, ^^7- 



Thalassogeron culminatus Ridgw. Water B.N. Am. II. 1884, 358. 



