ORDER TUBINARES. 



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80. Rynchops nigra Linn. 



Black Skimmer. 



Rynchops nigra Linn. S. N. ed. lo, L 1758, 228. 



[B 697, C 577, R 656, C 809.] 



Hab. Warmer parts of America, north on the Atlantic coast to 

 New Jersey, and casually to the Bay of Fundy. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed 



Swimmers. 



Family DIOMEDEIDiE. Albatrosses. 



Genus DIOMEDEA Linn^us. 

 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, 327. 

 [B— C579, R700, C811.] 

 Hab. North Pacific, including west coast of North America, 



82. Diomedea albatnis Pall. 



Short-tailed Albatross. 



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



[B 631, C 578, R 701, C 810.] 



Hab. Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, north- 

 ward to Bering's Sea. 



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Genus THALASSOGERON Ridgway. 



Thalassogeron Ridgw. Water B. N. Am. H. 1884, 357- Type, Duh 

 medea culminata Gould. 



