YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. 



Thalassogeron culminatus. 



Char. Mantle dark bluish slate, shading to brownish on wings and 

 head; rump white; tail grayish; under i^arts white. Length about 36 

 inches. 



A^est. In an exposed situation on an ocean island; a bulky structure 

 of coarse herbage and mud lined with fine grass and feathers. As new 

 material is added each succeeding year, the height is increased. 



Egg. I; dull white, sparsely marked with purplish brown and laven- 

 der; average size 4.25 X 2.65. 



The claim of this species to recognition here is based upon the 

 capture of an immature bird near the mouth of the river St. Law- 

 rence in 1885. I examined the skin, vifhich is preserved in the 

 Museum of Laval University, at Quebec, and was told by the 

 curator, Mr. C. E. Dionne, that he purchased it from the fisherman 

 who shot the bird. The claim is slight, but there is no reason why 

 it should be ignored. 



This bird had wandered far away from the usual habitat of the 

 species, for the Yellow-nosed Albatross is seldom seen anywhere 



