WANDERING ALBATROSS. 



(Diomedea exiilans, Linn. Syst. p. 214. Lath. Ind. 3. Albatross, 

 Edwards, pi. 88. Pallas. Spicil. Zool. Fascic. v. p. 28. Wan- 

 dering Albatross, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 216. No. 423. Bonap. 

 Synops. No. 314. Sooty, or Brown Albatross, Lath. Synops. 

 [young]. Buff. PI. Enluin. 237. Tschaiki of the Kamtschadales.) 



Sp. Charact. — Whitish; back and wings lineated with black; 

 quills black, their shafts yellow; tail lead-colored, rounded. — 

 Young dusky ; head, wings, and tail, blackish : a white space 

 round the eye. 



The Albatross inhabits the Atlantic as well as the Pacific 

 and sometimes wanders accidentally to the coasts of the 

 central parts of the Union. Vagabond, except in the short 

 season of reproduction, they are seen to launch out into the 



