326 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



3. Cepphus carbo PALL. 



Sooty Guillemot. 



Cepphus carbo PALL. Zoog. Rosso- As. II. 1826, 350. 



[B 728, C 633, R 762, C 873.] 



No evidence of its occurrence in North America. (Cf. STEJN, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII. 1884, pp. 225-227.) 



FAMILY LARIDJE. 



GENUS CREAGRUS BON. 



Creagrus BON. Naumannia, 1854, 211. Type, Larus furcatus 

 NEBOUX. 



4. Creagrus furcatus (NEB.). 



Swallow-tailed Gull. 



Larus furcatus NEB. Voy. 'Venus,' Atlas, pi. 10 (1846). 

 Creagrus furcatus BONAP. Naumannia, 1854, 213. 



[B6 79 , C 559 , R6 7 8, C 79 i.] 



In all probability erroneously accredited to North America. At 

 least nine examples are now known, the type, said to be from 

 Monterey, Cat., three from the Galapagos, one from the coast of Peru, 

 and four from Malpelo Island (Lat. 3 59' N., Long. 8i34j' W.). 



FAMILY DIOMEDEID-ffi. 

 4.1. Diomedea exulans LINN. 



Wandering Albatross. 



Diomedea exulans LINN. S. N. ed. 10, 1. 1758, 132. 



[B-, c ;R-,C-.] 



GEOG. DIST. Southern oceans ; said to have occurred in Tampa 

 Bay, Florida, and off coast of Washington. (Cf. COUES, Auk, II. 

 Oct. 1885, 387 ; XII. April, 1895, 178 ; RIDGWAY, Man. N. Am. B. 

 1887, 51. The Florida record is open to question, and the others 

 are unsatisfactory.) 



