86 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4TH Ser. 
Pheebetria palpebrata (J. R. Forster): Sooty ALBATROSS 
Covrs—Phebetria fuliginosa, V, 186, 188. 
Satvin—Phebetria fuliginosa, 453. 
Gomans Sheena fuliginosa, lv, 363, pl. 103; Phebetria cornicoides, 
lv, 36 : 
“The skin from which I made my drawing of this species 
was prepared by Dr Townsend, who procured the bird near 
the mouth of the Columbia River.’”*. This historic record of 
Audubon appears to be the only one which comes within the 
limits defined in the present part of this paper. The specimen 
mentioned is now housed in the United States National 
Museum; bearing the catalogue number 2718. 
Dr. Godman recognizes two species in the genus Phebeiria. 
Of the lighter of these supposed species, he states: “It may at 
once be distinguished by its grey-brown back and underside; 
the groove, too, in the under mandible is smaller and narrower 
and in most specimens is of a pale blue.’ The gray aspect of 
the plumage is not necessarily of specific significance; that it is 
not a mere color phase remains to be proved. The variation in 
the bill is not more singular than that displayed in Diomedea 
albatrus,®> Diomedea nigripes, and Diomedea irrorata. As 
shown in part IV, distribution is a factor in dichromatism. 
-Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin): GIANT FULMAR 
Coves—Ossifraga gigantea, III, 32. 
SALVIN—Ossifraga gigantea, 422. 
GopmMan—Macronectes giganteus, xlix, 261, pl. 76. 
So far as known to me, there is but a single record sup- 
ported by a specimen for the region in question. It is by 
Audubon, and is as follows: “A specimen of the Gigantic 
Fulmar, shot at some distance from the mouth of the Columbia 
River, has been sent to me by Dr Townsend, along with those 
of the other species of the same genus described in this volume, 
and which it resembles in form and proportions.’’* The speci- 
men is now in the United States National Museum, catalogued 
as No. 2743. 
1QOrn. Biog., v. 5, 116. 
2 Mon. Petrels, p. 367. 
8 Cf. Shufeldt, Auk, v. 2, p. 175. 
* Orn. Biog., v. 5, p. 330. 
