14 Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera. 



WHITK-WJNGED BLACK TEKN. 



Professor Macoun reports having seen six examples of this 

 species in Swan River, about two degrees north of Winnipeg, on 

 September i, 1881. Ij;s usual habitat is the Eastern Hemisphere, 

 though it has been taken in Wisconsin (^Kumlien). 



Rynchops nigra. 



BLACK SKIMMER. 



An accidental straggler to the Bay of Fundy from the south. 



Diomedea nigripes. 



BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS. 



This species appears occasionally along the coast of British 

 Columbia. 



Diomedea albatrus. 



SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS. 



A few examples of this species have been observed along the 

 Pacific coast. 



Thalassogeron culminatus. 



YELLUW-NOSED ALBATROSS. 



One example of this species was captured in the tlulf of St. 

 Lawi^ence, in September, 1885, and the skin is preserved in the 

 Museum of Laval University, Quebec. 



Phcebetria fuliginosa. 



BOOTY ALBATROSS^ 



This species occurs on the British Columbia coast {Fannin). 



