436 LIST OF BIRDS 



206. Thalassogeron culminatus. YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. 

 Accidental. This bird was killed at Moisie, seventy miles east 

 of Godbout, on the 20th of August, 1885. It was shot by Mr. 

 Couillard Despres, a fisherman and acquaintance of mine. I 

 aw the bird three or four days after he killed it. I advised 

 him to send the skin to the Laval University Museum, Quebec, 

 where it is now preserved. I enter this bird in my list as being 

 of special interest, although not actually taken within the ori- 

 ginal limit given. Mr. Montague Chamberlain has published a 

 short article on this specimen which he saw >at Laval Universi- 

 ty Museum. See AUK for Jan. 1888 p. 107, and for July, 1888, 

 p. 318. 



207. Procellaiia pelagica. STORMY PETREL. Not common. 

 May 18th, 1885, October 6th, 1889. 



208. Puffinis major. GREATER SHEARWATER. Rare. August 

 11, 1896. Only one seen. 



NOTE. The dates given in the above list indicate when the 

 birds were shot for identification and only these 

 are entered. Where many specimens were secured 

 or witih the most common birds, the earliest or 

 latest dates were entered in preference. 

 I have also shot here the following Albino birds : 



RED-THROATED DIVER One specimen. 



RTTFPLED GROUSE " 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. Harelda glacialis " 



DOVEKIE. M ergulus alle " 



VESPER SPARROW. Pooecetes gramineus 



ONE SURF SCOOTER. 0. perspicilldta 



The five fijret were sent to Dr. C. H. Merriam, and are all in 

 the Smithsonian Collection, I believe. The last was sold to Mr. 

 Wm. Couper, Taxidermist, of Montreal. Besides this I have 

 seen here one albino eider and another scooter, probably of the 

 species of 0. Americana. 



