YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. 
Thalassogeron cui.minatus. 
Char. Mantle dark bluish slate, shading to brownish on wings and 
head; rump white; tail grayish; under parts white, l.ength about 3d 
inches. 
Nest. 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, 
Egt;- I ; d“'l 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, which 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 
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