CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 6l 



islands and is numerous in Bering sea and extends north to 

 Bering strait. {Nelson.) From lat. 52" N., this species increases 

 in numbers as we go north, but the mouth of Cook inlet and the 

 Barren islands seem to be its favorite resort. {Dr. Bean.) 



Mr. W. Spreadborough found one dead on the beach at Esqui- 

 mault, Vancouver island, June 4th, 1893. 



Breeding Notes. — Turner believed that this species bred in 

 the neighbourhood of Cape Ntwenham, near Bristol bay, Alaska, 

 as he saw [numbers of them there in June, flying and sitting on 

 rocks. 



XXX. THALASSOGERON Ridgway. 1884. 



83. Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Thalassogeron citlminatus (Gould) Ridgw. 1884. 



Accidental on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. One example taken 

 at the Moisie river, Quebec, August 20th, 1885. This bird is now 

 in the museum of Laval University in Quebec city. {Dionne.) 



Family VIIL PROCELLARIID^. Fulmars & Shearwaters. 



XXXL FULMARUS Stephens. 1826. 

 86. Fulmar. 



Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.) Steph. 1826. 



Said to breed no further to the south in Greenland than lat. 69° 

 N., occurs also in East Greenland. {Arct. Man.) Very common 

 along the Atlantic coast of Labrador, especially about Cape 

 Chidley. Common northward to Smith sound; very numerous 

 off Hall island, on the north side of Frobisher bay. {A. P. Low.) 

 Apparently commoii in its migration along the coast of Newfound- 

 land. (Reeks.) Rare on the coast of Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 

 On the fishing grounds off Grand Manan, N.B., in autumn. (Iler- 

 rick.) One shot at Beauport, Quebec in 1890. (Dionne.) 



86,5. Pacific Fulmar. 



Fulmarus glacialis glupischa Stejn. 1884. 

 A very common species in the North Pacific. 



