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creases rapidly in widih downvvards towards the breast. 

 These specimens, therefore, go to confirm the conclusions to 

 which I had arrived from an examination of the collection 

 made by Mr. Henry Travers. 



Diomedea regia, Buller. (Koyal Albatros.) 



At the time of the last visit of the " Hinemoa " to Camp- 

 bell Island the eggs of Diomedea regia were just on the point 

 of being hatched, the embryo being well developed. This 

 was at the end of February. The breeding season of Dio- 

 medea cxulans on Auckland Islands is somewhat later, for 

 on the same cruise the crew and passengers brought on 

 board some four or five hundred eggs, all of which were fresh 

 enough to be blown. 



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Diomedea exulans, Linn. (Wandering Albatros.) 



The following cutting is from the Sydney Morning Herald : 

 " With reference to a paragraph which appeared in a recent 

 issue respecting the rescue of a seaman who fell overboard 

 from the ship ' Gladstone ' while on her voyage from London 

 to this port, we have been supplied with the following interest- 

 ing additional particulars by Captain Jackson himself : On 

 the 24th October, at noon, whilst the ship was in latitude 42° 

 and longitude 90° E., and going at the rate of about ten 

 knots an hour, the cry of ' A man overboard ' was raised. 

 Captain Jackson and his chief officer, Mr. John Eugg, who 

 were seated at dinner at the time, immediately rushed cut of 

 the cabin and rounded the ship to. A boat, manned by four 

 hands, was then lowered, and left the ship in charge of Mr. 

 Eugg five minutes after the ala.rm was raised. The man was 

 then out of sight, but the rescuing party pulled towards the 

 spot where it was supposed he had fallen, and after some little 

 time found him clinging to an Albatros, which he was using 

 as a lifebuoy. As soon as the boat got within a few yards of 

 him he let the bird go and swam to the boat, being apparently 

 none the worse for his unexpected immersion. He returned 

 on board smiling, and stated that just after he fell an Alba- 

 tros swooped down upon him and made a peck at him, but 

 he seized it by the neck and kept its head under water until 

 he had drowned it, and then used it to preserve his own life 

 in the manner already described. The boat was away about 

 one hour. The sea was very rough at the time, and the wind 

 was from the north-west. The most remarkable thing about 

 this remarkable story is that the man, who could only swim a 

 little, had heavy sea-boots on at the time of the accident, 

 besides being encumbered with oilskins. The names of the 

 crew of the boat were Messrs. W. Gilchrist, L. Mann, Eichard 

 Simpson, and John Murphy, the first two of whom are Sydney 



