( 200 ) 



140. Diomedea bassi sp. u. 



Vellow-uoseJ Albatross. 



Mathews, llamllist No. 115. 



Differs from 1>. rin-i/sostonia in liaviiiij the culmen yellow from about 

 8 to 111 mm. from the feathers of the head right to the tiji, whereas in 1>. 

 c/iiysostoma the culmen is yellow from the feathers of the head to the turn of 

 the tip, where there is a black patch, dividing the yellow tip from the rest of 

 the culmen. 



Type : South-East Australian 8eas. Xu. ^TO. 



Range : Australian Seas. Extraliujital. 



loll, Diomedea carteri. 



Thalaasitgfroii earteri RothschilJ, Bull, lirit. Orii. Cl'i'j, vol. xiv. p. G. VM'i : Xorth-West .Australia. 



Black-billed Albatross. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 116. 



Range : North- West Australia. Uui(|ue. 



Genus FHOEBETBIA. 



Plioebelria Reichenbach, Nat. Si/st. VOgel, p. v. 1852. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : P. palpebrata (Forster). 



151. Phoebetria palpebrata palpebrata. 



Diomedea palpebrati I Forster, Mem. Malli. Phijs. jms. Arad. IIdj. Hci. (I'iii-k) vol. x. p. :ul. 1785 : 

 Lat. 47°S., 71° 10' Loog. W. 



Synonym : 

 Diomedea fuligimimi fimelin, Si/sl. Xat. p. 568, 178'.l, was fouuded o;i Forstors drawing, and so 

 becomes an absolute synonym of D. puljiebrala Forster. 



Light-miuitled Sooty Albatross. 

 Mathews, llandlist No. 1 1 7 i pars). 

 Range : Australian Seas. Extralimitul. 



152. Phoebetria palpebrata fusca. 



Diomedea fusca Hilsb., Fnnieps Notizeii 1822. p. 74 ; Mozambique. 



Synonym : 

 Diometleu fused Audubon, Urn. Bioijr. vol. v. p. 110. 1831) : Norlb Atlantic. 



Sooty Albatross. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 117 (pars). 



Range : Australian Seas (?). 



Okdbr LARIFORMES. 

 F.^Mii.v LARIDAE. 



Genus HYDBOCHELISOIf 



Ifydr^ilieVuhm Boie, /.«-'«, 1S22. p. 'ii;.i. 



Ty2)e (by subs, dusig.) : //. ni(jni LiniiL-. 



