98 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus (GOULD). 



Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Diomedea culminata GOULD, P. Z. S. 1843, 107. 



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



[B 632, C , R 702, C .] 



HAB. Indian and South Pacific Oceans : casual off the coast of 

 Oregon. 



GENUS PHGEBETRIA REICHENBACH. 



Phozbetria REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. v. Type, Diomedea fuliginosa 

 GMEL. 



84. Phoebetria fuliginosa (GM.). 



Sooty Albatross. 



Diomedea fuliginosa GMEL. S N. I. ii. 1788. 568. 

 Phoebetria fuliginosa REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. v. 



[B6 33 , C 580, R 703, C8i2.] 



HAB. Oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, northward to the coast 

 of Oregon. 



FAMILY PROCELLARIIDJE. FULMARS AND SHEARWATERS. 

 SUBFAMILY PROCELLARIIN^E. FULMARS. 



GENUS OSSIFRAGA. HOMBRON & JACQUINOT. 



Ossifraga HOME. & JACQ. Compt. Rend XVIII. 1844, 356. Type, 

 Procellaria gigantea GMEL. 



[85.] Ossifraga gigantea (GM.). 



Giant Fulmar. 



Procellaria gigantea GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 563. 

 Ossifraga gigantea REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. iv. 



[B 634, C 581, R 704, C 813.] 

 HAB. Southern Oceans ; casual off the coast of Oregon. 



