FULMARUS DIOMEDEA 859 



Hob. North Pacific Ocean ; Kamchatka, the Commander, 

 Aleutian, and Kurile Islands ; on the American side south to 

 Western Mexico. 



In habits and nidification this bird does not differ from F. 

 glacialis, and its eggs are undistinguishable from those of that 

 bird. 



DIOMEDEA, Linn., 1766. 



1184. SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS. 



DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS. 



Diomedea albatrus, Pall. Spic. Zool. v. p. 28 (1780) ; David and Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 516 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 261 ; Tacz. F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 1068 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 444 ; Ridgway, 

 p. 51 ; D. brachyitra, Ternm. PI. Col. livr. 79 (1829) ; id. and 

 Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 132, pi. 87 ; Gould, B. of Austral, vii. 

 pi. 39 ; D. derogata, Swinhoe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 786. 



Ahodori, Jap. 



ad. (Japan). White, the head and neck tinged with buffy yellow ; 

 wings and tail slaty brown ; quills with shafts yellowish white ; bill 

 yellowish horn ; legs and feet bluish white. Culmen 5'55, wing 22'0, tail 

 '25, tarsus 3'9 inch. Sexes alike. Young bird sooty brownish. 



Hob. North Pacific Ocean, on the Asiatic side from the 

 Arctic Ocean down to Japan and China, and occurs, it is said, as 

 far south as Australia ; on the American side from California to 

 Alaska. 



Like its allies this is strictly an oceanic bird, coming to land 

 only during the nesting season. It nests on the Bonin Islands, 

 Japan, in November, and eggs from there in the British 

 Museum are dull white spotted and blotched at the larger end 

 with red, and in length vary from 4'4 to 4*9, and in breadth 

 from 2-75 to 3'05. 



1185. BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS. 

 DIOMEDEA NIGtRIPES. 



Diomedea nigripes, Aud. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 327 (1839) ; id. B. of Am. 

 8vo ed. vii. p. 198 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 517 ; Seebohm, 

 B. Jap. Emp. p. 263 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 445 ; 

 Kidgway, p. 51. 



Ad. (Japan). General colour sooty brown, the fore crown, neck, and 

 under parts greyer ; feathers at the base of the bill and a triangular spot 



