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Mr. Cassin, in his report on the birds of the Wilkes Expedi- 
tion, says: “This large species was frequently observed during 
the voyage of the Expedition, and is entitled to be regarded as 
a bird of North America, specimens in the collection having 
been obtained on the coast of Oregon.’’* I found no specimen 
in the United States National Museum substantiating this 
statement. Dr. Richmond, after kindly examining the Museum 
archives for me, writes, “I can find no record of Macronectes 
giganteus from Oregon in our catalogues. There are records 
of three specimens collected by the U. S. Exploring expedition; 
two of them have no localities given in the catalogues, and the 
third is from Orange Bay, Tierra del Fuego.” 
In conversation with Dr. Cooper, several years before his 
death, I learned that his notice’ of the occurrence of the Giant 
Fulmar near Monterey, California, was not based upon ex- 
amples actually in hand, but merely upon birds seen in the 
vicinity of the whale fishery, and that his identification was 
inadequate, the style of the nasal tubes not being noted. In all 
probability, the birds observed were Black-footed Albatrosses, 
which are not mentioned by him-as being among those species 
attracted by the scraps from the “try-works’” of the whale 
fishery. 
Fulmarus glacialis (Linneus) : FULMAR 
Coves—Fulmarus glacialis, 11, 27; Fulmarus pacificus, Ill, 28; Ful- 
marus Rodgersii, III, 29. 
SaLvin—Fulmarus glacialis, 424, 425;Fulmarus glupischa, 424, 427; 
Fulmarus rodgersi, 424, 427. 
COPA eimais glacialis, xlix, 265, pl. 77; Fulmarus glupischa, 1, 
270, pl. 78; Fulmarus rodgersi, 1, Tks pl. 79. 
On the home voyage of the Expedition, the first Fulmar was 
secured on November 9 off Lower California in latitude 30° 
30° N., longitude 130° 55’ W. According to Mr. Gifford’s 
notes, Fulmars were observed almost every day thereafter up 
to the 26th, in latitude 36° 43’ N., longitude 129° 31’ W. 
Seventeen specimens were preserved. All of them are of the 
‘dark phase. 
In the vicinity of Point Pinos, California, individuals have 
been noted by Mr. Beck or myself in nearly every calendar 
1U. S. Expl. Exp., 1858, p. 407. 
2 Amer. Nat., v. 4, p. 758. 
