The birds collected and observed during the cruise of the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in the North Pacific Ocean, and in the Bering, Okhotsk, Japan, and eastern seas, from April to December, 1906

lov Islands, a group of three small volcanic islands, one of which was first reported in 1796, another in 1884, while the third we were fortunate enough to be the first to observe.This newest island was still steaming violently from fissures over its entire surface, but