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6 (84) Phoebetria fuliginosa (Gmelin) Reichenbach. 



Sooty Albatross. 



Status — A southern species ascribed to California because it is said to extend "north to the 

 coast of Oregon"; no definite record for our State. 



7 (85) Ossifraga gigantea (Gmelin) Reichenbach. 



Giant Fulmar. 



Syn. — Fulmarus giganteus. 



Status — Known only from the statement of J. G. Cooper that it was often seen in the sum- 

 mer of 1861 about the whale fishery in Monterey Bay; no confirmation. 



8 (87) Priocella glacialoides (Smith) Ridgway. 



Slender-billed Fulmar. 



Syn. — Fulm a rus glacialo ides. 



Status — A supposed skeleton found at Santa Catalina Island in 1863 by J. G. Cooper; also 

 said to occur northward to the coast of Washington. 



9 (113) Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus. 



Red-billed Tropic Bird. 



Status — A skull said to have been found on the coast of Marin County about 1868. 



ro (183) Ajaia ajaja (IJnngeus) Reichenbach. 



Roseate Spoonbill. 



Syn. — Platea niexicana; Ajaja rosea. 



Status — Known only from the statement of W. Gambel in 1849 that "small flocks of this 

 beautiful bird have several times extended up the coast even as far as San Francisco". 



11 (204) Grus americana (L,innaeus) Vieillot. 



Whooping Crane. 



Status — Recorded as perhaps seen in spring and fall in Butte and Sutter Counties. 



12 (205) Grus canadensis (Linnaeus) Temminck. 



Little Brown Crane. 



Status — Although it is almost certain that this species is a common spring and fall 

 migrant through the State, specimens seem to be as yet lacking. 



13 (2 1 6.1) Porzana coturniculus (Ridgway) Ridgway. 



Farallone Rail. 



Syn. — Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus; creciscus coturniculus. 



Status — Described from a single specimen said to have been obtained on the Farallone 

 Islands; both locality of capture and status of specimen are in doubt. 



