28 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ORDER TUBINARES. TUBE-NOSED 

 SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY DIOMEDEID.2E. ALBATROSSES. 



GENUS DIOMEDEA LINNAEUS. 



Diomedea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 132. Type, D. exulans 

 LINN. 



81. Diomedea nigripes AUD. 



Black-footed Albatross. 



Diomedea nigripes AUD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 3 2 7- 



[B 579, R 7 oo, C8n.] 

 GEOG. DIST. North Pacific, including west coast of North America. 



82. Diomedea albatrus PALL. 



Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea albatrus PALL. Spic. Zool. V. 1769, 28. 

 [B6 3 i, 578, R 7 oi, C8io.] 



GEOG. DIST. Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, 

 northward to Bering Sea. 



GENUS THALASSOGERON RIDGWAY. 



Thalassogeron RIDGW. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 357. Type, 

 Diomedea culminata GOULD. 



[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus (GOULD). 



Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Diomedea culminata GOULD, P. Z. S. 1843, I0 7- 



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



