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 Diomedea irrorata Salvin. 



X..V. Z(i..].. VI, I«99, p. 102. 



The undescribcd young birds were not fonml. Blr. (iieen sent some adult 

 ones which he shot on Hood Ishmd in Novemlier, and wliich he measared in the 

 flesh as 35i and 3G in. long, and spanning U3 and U'.i'^ in. He marks the iris- 

 as brown. 



[Diomedea nigripes And. 



Though never met with among the U;daji;igos Ishmds, the brown albatross 

 was frequently observed and collected more to the north, on the home voyage, 

 especially at 32' 3.3' lat. N., llii long. W., and 32 to 35 hit. N., 137" long. W. 

 Their length in the flesh was about 20 in., extent 84.] 



[Puffinus nativitatis Streets. 

 ? ad. at sea, 12 5' lat. N., 107' long. W. Length (iu flesh), 141 in. ; expanse, 

 33 in. ^Ving (in skin), !• '.• in.] 



[Puffinus auricularis Townsend. 

 Mr. Beck sent us a good series from Clarion Island, all adult birds. The sexes 

 are similar; the length of the wing varies from 22i) to 240 mm. The axillaries are 

 white, sometimes with blackish shafts, and a more or less cloudy subterminal band 

 of slate-colour.] 



■ Puffinus obscurus subalaris Ridgw. 



Nov. Znoi.. VI, 1899, p. 19."). 



Mr. Beck sent specimens from several 'islands, among which were one male 

 from Bindloe, one from Seymour, and one 7/iale killed at sea about 1" lat. N., 

 93' long. W. Young in down were found on Wenman Island in February. The 

 down is of a brownish ash-colour, lighter on the throat and abdomen, darkest 

 on the upper surface. Mr. Green sent two adult birds from Wenman and 

 Culpepper. 



Aestrelata phaeopygia Salvin. 



Nov. Zo(,i,. VI, p. 198. 



Mr. Beck sent specimens from ITarborough Island, others caught at sea from tlie 

 Galapagos Islands up to b" 30' N. lat. He saw them, however, frequently as far 

 north as 13 N., 105° W. Around the Galapagos he found them scarce. 



The axillaries, which are mostly pure white, are mixed witli blackish slate in 

 some ( ? less figed) specimens. 



(About the diii'erences of Ae. p/iiicoj-ii/(//(t from the Galapagos Islands, and the 

 closely allied Ae. mndwicheiisis see Rothschild, Ai-i/'. Latjmn etc., p. 289.) 



[Aestrelata wortheni Rothsch. 



(kslreliita umrlheni Rothscli., Hull. H. (I. ('. XII p. fii, April 1902. (In the MS. the name was 

 spelt Aestrelata, but altered by the Editor into Oextrelala). 



This interesting bird bears a close resemblance to Ae. maijentae Gigl. & Salvad., 

 from which it differs in the following points : — 



The malar region, lores, and forehead are uniform brownish slate, while in the 

 type of Ae. magentae the forehead and an ill-defined band above the black lores are 



