46 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES _ [Proc. 4tu Ser. 
Thalassarche culminata (Gould): CULMINATED ALBATROSS 
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin): YELLOW-NOSED 
ALBATROSS 
Cours—Diomedea chlororhyncha, V, 184, 188; Diomedea olivaceiros- 
tris, V, 186, 188. 
Satvin—T halassogeron chlororhynchus, 449, 451. 
GopMaN—Thalassogeron chlororhynchus, liv, 357, pl. 102; Thalasso- 
geron carteri, lv, 361, pl. 102A. 
Thalassogeron carteri Rothschild is apparently based upon 
an immature stage of 7. chlororhynchos.* 
Pheebetria palpebrata (J. R. Forster): Sooty ALBATROSS 
PROCELLARIIDZ: FuLmars, PRIONS, SHEARWATERS, 
AND PETRELS 
Key to the Subfamilies 
Tail not forked, chord of wing not under 5.75 in. (146mm.), and tarsus 
not longer than middle toe and claw 
Lower mandible not hooked at end, or if hooked, inside of edge 
Gijuppe mandibles tanielilatennny nar eer ee eer Fulmarinz 
Lower mandible hooked at end and inside of edge of upper man- 
dible not lamellate veers ae eke ate tes erence Puffininz 
Tail not forked and chord of wing under 5.75 in. (146 mm.); or tail 
forked; or tarsus decidedly longer than middle toe and claw 
Tarsus not twice length of femur, and basal joint of middle toe 
shorter than the next two joints............... Thalassidrominz 
Tarsus fully twice length of femur, and basal joint of middle toe 
not shorter than the next two joints................. Oceanitinz 
FULMARINZ: Futmars Anp PRIONS 
Key to the Species 
Wing not under 16 in. (406 mm.)................. Macronectes giganteus 
Wing under 16 in. (406 mm.) 
Inside of edge of upper mandible without lamelle 
Nasal tubes separated from unguis by a space much less than half 
the leneth; of the masal ytwbese ieee sii: eine Fulmarus glacialis 
Nasal tubes separated from unguis by a space much more than half 
the length of the nasal tubes 
Bill not depressed and lateral outline not convex from base to unguis 
Elead ‘extensively white Gee. sik m cree vee ce Priocella antarctica 
head dare i re a ag ee A SAS ot ena ye Thalassoica antarctica 
Bill depressed, except terminally, and lateral outline convex from 
bases £0 UNS Sse ie k rel tae a aw see nec at eed Petrella capensis 
Inside of edge of upper mandible with lamelle, at least basally 
Tail slichtly rounded, white at tip.) 2... ....225..-- Halobena cerulea 
Tail more or less wedge-shaped, dark at tip........ Pachyptila vittata 
1 Cf. Godman, Mon. Petrels, pp. 361, 362; Mathews, Birds Austr., v. 2, pp. 287, 288; Salva- 
dori, Ibis, 1914, p. 504. 
