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America. 
Thalassidroma oceanica.* 
son’s Petrel.) 
Atlantic Ocean from Baffin’s Bay to the 
Gulf of Mexico. (Baird, Cassin, and 
Lawrence. ) 
Coast of Brazil. 
Kuhl. (Wil- 
(Sclater and Salvin.) 
Thalassidroma bulwert. 
Once taken in Greenland. 
(Newton.) 
Fulmarus glacialis.* (L.) Steph. 
North Atlantic. (Baird, Cassin, 
Lawrence. ) 
Breeds in Greenland. (Newton.) 
Found as far south as the New England 
coast. (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 
January 7, 1879, p. 64.) 
Kuhl. 
and 
Hstrelata hesitata.* 
Petrel.) 
Frem Florida along the east coast to 
New York. (Baird, Cassin, and 
Lawrence. ) 
The Antilles. 
(Capped 
(Sclater and Salvin.) 
Diomedea exulans. 
Buonaparte says of its occurrence in 
America that it is ‘‘ rare and accidental 
on the coasts of the Middle States; ” 
and Latham, that it is abundant in 
the North Pacific in summer; but 
Prof. Baird says this is doubtful, and 
that probably D. brachywra is meant. 
Diomedeachlororhyncha. Gm. (Yellow- 
nosed Albatros.) 
Pacific Ocean and the coast of Oregon. 
Distinguished by the pure white rump, 
lead coloured tail, and yellow culmen 
of bill. (Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence.) 
Europe. 
Thalassidroma oceanica. 
Occasional in Britain, once in Ireland 
according to Thompson. (Harting.) 
In the Atlantic Ocean from the British 
Isles southward. Common at the 
Azores. Indian Ocean; South Aus- 
tralia: Kerguelenland. Easily recog- 
nised by the yellow on the webs of its 
feet. (Dresser.) 
Thalassidroma bulwert. Jard. (Bulwer’s 
Petrel.) 
According to Mr. Dresser it is chiefly 
found at the Canaries and Madeira. 
A straggler to the British Isles. 
(Dresser.) 
One occurred near Tanfield, Yorkshire, 
8 May, 1837. (Yarrell, Vol. III., p. 
664.) 
One off Scarborough, 1849. (Higgins, 
Zool. 1849, p. 2569.) 
Fulmarus glacialis.* (L.) Steph. 
mer Petrel.) 
British Isles, breeding 
Hebrides. (Harting.) 
Arctic Europe and Scandinavia, rarely 
in France and Holland. (Dresser.) 
(Ful 
in the outer 
_Estrelata hesitata, 
According to Mr. Harting’s Hand Book 
one occurred near Swaffham, spring, 
1850. (Newton, Zool. 1852, p. 
3691); and one in the English channel 
which is now in the Museum at 
Boulogne-Sur-Mer. 
Diomedea exulans. Linn. 
Albatros.) 
One taken in Norway. 
One taken near Dieppe. 
One near Anvers, September, 1833. 
Three others (?) near Chaumont, in 
November, 1758. (Degland and 
Gerbe, Vol. II., p. 376.) 
(Wandering 
Diomedea chlororhyncha. 
According to Degland and Gerbe, Vol. 
II., p. 869, two specimens were taken 
near Kongsberg, in Norway; April, 
1837. 
LARID.Z. 
Stercorarius catarractes. 
According to Mr. Howard Saunders 
(P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 317) it has occurred 
once in California (Lawrence); it was 
found at the mouth of the Mackenzie 
Stercorarius catarractes.* Linn. (Great 
Skua.) 
According to Mr. Howard Saunders’ 
paper it breeds on the Lofoton Islands 
off the coast of Norway. Thence it is 
