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CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[83.] Thalassogeron culminatus (Gould). 



Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Diomedea culminata Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, 107. 



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



[B 632, C — , R 702, C — .] 



Hab. Indian and South Pacific Oceans : casual off the coast of 

 Oregon. 



Genus FHCEBETRIA Reich enbach. 



Phocbetria Reich. Syst. A v. 1852, p. v. Type, Diomedea fuliginosa 

 Gmel. 



84. Phcebetria fuliginosa (Gm.). 



Sooty Albatross. 



Diomedea fuliginosa Gmel. S N. I. ii. 1788. 568. 

 Phoebetria Jidiginosa Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. v. 



[P. 633, C 580, R 703, C 812.] 



Hab. Oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, northward to the coast 

 of Oregon. 



Family PROOELLARIID.^. Fulmars and Shearwaters. 



Subfamily PR0CELLARIIN-<E. Fulmars. 



Genus OSSIFRAGA Hombron & Jacquinot. 



Ossifraga Home. & Jacq. Compt. Rend XVIII. 1844, 356. Type, 

 Procellaria gigantea Gmel. 



[85.] Ossifraga gigantea (Gm.). 



Giant Fulmar. 



Procellaria gigantea Gmel. S- N. I. ii. 1788, 563. 

 Ossifraga gigantea Reich. Sy.«-t. Av. 1852, p. iv. 



[B634, C581, R704, C813.] 



Hab. Southern Oceans j casual off the coast of Oregon. 



