14 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera. 



WHITE- WINGED BLACK TERN. 



Professor MACOUN reports having seen six examples of this 

 species in Swan River, about two degrees north of Winnipeg, on 

 September i, 1881. Its usual habitat is the Eastern Hemisphere, 

 though it has been taken in Wisconsin (Kumlien). 



Rynchops nigra. 



BLACK SKIMMER. 



An accidental straggler to the Bay of Fundy from the south. 



Diomedea nigripes. 



BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS. 



This species appears occasionally along the coast of British 

 Columbia. 



Diomedea albatrus. 



SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS. 



A few examples of this species have been observed along the 

 Pacific coast. 



Thalassogeron culminatus. 



YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. 



One example of this species was captured in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, in September, 1885, and the skin is preserved in the 

 Museum of Laval University, Quebec. 



Phcebetria fuliginosa. 



SOOTY ALBATROSS. 



This species occurs on the British Columbia coast (Fanning. 



