6 CHECK LIST OP 



SUBFAMILY STEKNIN^E. 



28. Arctic Tern. 



(Sterna paradissea.) 



Only recorded from Dease Lake, Cassiar, where one 

 specimen was taken by Mr. James Porter and presented to 

 the Museum. It must, however, occur on the Coast, as it 

 reaches as far south as California. 



29. American Black Tern. 



(Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis.) 

 Observed at Burrard Inlet, January, 1882. J. F. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed 

 Swimmers. 



FAMILY DIOMEDEID^E. ALBATROSSES. 



30. Black-footed Albatross. 



(Diomedea nigripes.) 



"From coast of California to Alaska." Ridgway's Man- 

 ual North American Birds. 



I have no record of this bird, and conclude that it passes 

 along the west coast of Vancouver Island. 



31. Short-tailed Albatross. 



(Diomedea albatrus.) 



Tolerably common both coasts of Vancouver Island. A 

 few have been taken in the Straits and off the mouth of 

 Victoria harbour. 



FAMILY PROCELLARIID^E. THE PETRELS. 



32. Pacific Fulmar. 



(Fulmarus glacialis glupischa.) 



" North Pacific, south along American Coast to Western 

 Mexico." Ridgway's Manual of North American Birds. 



