48 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Family RYNCHOPIDiE. Skimmers. 

 Genus RYNOHOPS Linn^us. 



Rynchops Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 138. Type, by monotypy, 

 Rynchops nigra Linn^btis. 



Rynchops nigra Linn^us. Black Skimmer. [80.] 



Rynchops nigra LiNN.aEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 138. (Coast of 

 Carolina.) 



Range. — Tropical and temperate America. Breeds from Virginia 

 (formerly New Jersey) to the Gulf coast and Texas; wanders casually 

 north to Bay of Fundy; winters from the Gulf coast to Colima, Mex- 

 ico, and Costa Rica; casual in the West Indies. 



Order TUBINAKES. Tube-nosed Swimmers. 



Family DI0]V[EDEID.£. Albatrosses. 



Genus DIOMEDEA Linnaeus. 



Dumedea Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 132. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Diomedea exvlans LiNyjEva (Gray, 1840). 



SuBQENUs FHOBBASTRIA Reichenbach. 



Phoebastria Reichenbach, Syst. Avium, 1852, v. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Diomedea brachywa Temminck = D. alhatrus Pallas. 



Diomedea nigripes Audubon. Black-footed Albatross. [81.] 



Diomedea nigripes Audubon, Om. Biog., V, 1839, 327. (Pacific Ocean, 

 Lat. 30° 44' N., Long. 146° W.) 



Range. — North Pacific. Breeds on islands northwest of Hawaii 

 and on Marshall Islands; occurs off coast from southern Alaska to 

 California and western Mexico, and off coasts of China and Japan. 



