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XXX. THALASSOGERON Ridgway. 1884. 



83. Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Thalassogeron culminatus (Gould) Ridgw. 1884. 



Accidental on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. One example taker* 

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

 now in the museum of Laval University in Quebec city. (Diomie.y 



Family VIIL PROCELLARIID.ffiI. Fulmars & Shearwaters. 



XXXL PULMARUS 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.) Apparently 

 cornmon in its migrations along the coast of Newfoundland.. 

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

 fishing-grounds off Grand Manan, N.B., in autumn. (Hernck.) 



museum specimens. 



Two taken on Resolution Island, Hudson Strait. 



86a. Lesser Fulmar. 



Fulmarus glada/is mi f tor (K] MR.) Bonap. 1856. 

 One shot at Beauport, Quebec, in 1890. (Diomie.) 



861J. Pacific FTilmar. 



Fulmarus glacialis glupisdia Stejn. 1884. 



A very common species in the North Pacific. This is the 

 common Fulmar of the North Pacific, and numbers ot speci- 

 mens have been obtained at Unaiaska. (Nelson.) Hundreds 

 of thousands of these birds were seen off Unimak Pass and 

 the eastern end of Unaiaska Island, in fact, they covered acres 

 of water ; they are also numerous around many of the Aleutian 

 Islands. (Tur?ier.) One specimen taken at Chemainus, Vancou- 

 ver Island, November, 1895, (Fannin.) 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds on the Commander 

 Islands, on the west side of Behring Sea. It nests in the greatest 



