Albatrosses 



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8 I . Black-fouted Albatross (Diomedea nigripes). L. 

 32. ^ds. Sooty brown, lighter below; region about 

 base of bill whitish; upper mandible iroad and rounded 

 at its base. Notes. A whining groan, uttered when 

 contesting for food. (Turner). 



Range. — North Pacific; north to Lai. 52° ; soutli at least to Lower 

 Califorjila. 



82. Short-tailed Albatross {Diomedea alhatrus], L. 

 36. Ads. White; the head straw; tail and primaries 

 gray brown; upper mandible broad and rounded at 

 base. 



Range. — North Pacific, north to Bering Strait; south, at least, to 

 Luwer California. 



82.1. Laysan Albatross {Diomedea immutabilis). 

 L, 32. Ads. Head, neck, rump, upper tail coverts, 

 and whole under surface white; lores next to the eye 

 sooty black; back, wings, and end of the tail dark 

 sooty brown; interscapular region paier; base of the 

 tail whitish. (Cat. B. M.) 



Range. — Ldysan Island, Pacific Ocean; casual off the coast nf 

 Lower CallfornJa; 



83. Yellow-nosed Albatross {Thalassogeron culmitt' 



atm). L, 36. Ads. Above slate brown, grayer on 



head) rump white; below white; neck sometimes 

 grayish; tail gray. 



Rahge — "Indian and southern Pacific Oceans; casual off the 

 coast of Oregon; accidental in the Gulf of St. Lawrence." (A. O. U.) 



84. Sooty Albatross {Phwietria fuUginosa). L. 35. 

 Adi. Sides a/lower mandible conspicunusly grnnned; en- 

 tire plumage sooty brown, except a white eye-ring. 



Range — "Oceans of southern hemisphere, north to the coast of 

 Oregon." (A. O. U.) 



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