KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 201 
ORDER TUBINARES. 
TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. 
Famity DIOMEDEID-®. ALBarROSsEs. 
Genus DIOMEDEA Linn. 
DIOMEDEA EXULANS) Zia. 
Wandering Albatross. 
.1dul¢ : General color yellowish white; remiges dusky ; bill 
white, pale yellowish at tip. /zmature birds are dark brown, 
showing whitish on the forehead and face. 
Length about 4 feet; extent of wings (spread) about 10 
to 12 feet. 
The only claim this species has to be in- 
cluded among our birds is the alleged capture 
of a specimen in Tampa Bay, Florida. It is an Antarctic species. 
(Very much reduced.) 
Famity PROCELLARIID. Futmars, SHEARWATERS, PETRELS. 
Genus PUFFINUS Brisson. 
PUFFINUS MAJOR  Zuder. 
Greater Shearwater. 
Adult: General plumage brown, grayish on 
the head; under parts and lining of wing white 
tail brown; crissum dark; under tail coverts 
gray ; tarsus dark in front, the rest pale. 
Length, 19; Wing, 12.50; Tail, 5.75; Bill, 2.40 
Tarsus, =. 
Ranges from Cape Horn and Cape 
of Good Hope to Greenland. I know 
_of no positive record of the occurrence 
of this bird in Florida, but once saw 
a stuffed specimen in Jacksonville, 
f which the dealer claimed was killed 
. otf the coast. 
