. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . )anse of wings andpower of flight. Thesebirds have rarely, ifever, been found onour eastern coasts;four species visit ourPacitic coast. Theyare rarely found nearsliore, being able,seemingly, to remainon the wing withoutever tiring. Two rec-ords are given of twoof the species. 1. The Wandering Albatross (SO. 1. Diomklea exidans) is alarge species of dusky to white color, according to age. Length, 50 ; wing, 28. Reported from the western coast of Florida,. Wandering Albat
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . )anse of wings andpower of flight. Thesebirds have rarely, ifever, been found onour eastern coasts;four species visit ourPacitic coast. Theyare rarely found nearsliore, being able,seemingly, to remainon the wing withoutever tiring. Two rec-ords are given of twoof the species. 1. The Wandering Albatross (SO. 1. Diomklea exidans) is alarge species of dusky to white color, according to age. Length, 50 ; wing, 28. Reported from the western coast of Florida,. Wandering Albatross 320 KEY AND DESCRIPTION 2. The Yellow-nosed Albatross (<S3. Thalass6gewn atbnincltus)is a , white-bellied species. Length, 30 ; wing, 18 ; tail, 8^ ; tarsus, 3^ ; ciilmen, 4|. Reportedfrom the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ORDER XVI. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS(LONGIPENNESi An order of swimniin;,, liirds, with very long, pointed wings,open nostrils, and a small hind toe or none. These birds showgreat power of sustained flight as well as of swiunning. FAMILY LL\. SKIMMERS (RYNCHOPID^.) A small family of but three similar, sea-skimming birds,one of which is found frecjuently on our southern coasts. 1. Black Skimmer (SO. Jii/nchops n)(jra). — A short-tailed,lung-winged, short-legged, black-backed, white-bellied sea-bird, with a peculiar,long, knife-like birds skimover the surface ofthe water with thelower mandible soburied beneath thewaves as to plowthe main for theirfood, Avhich consistsof small sea feed chieflyduring the dusk of the ev
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