no. 3605 SEABIRDS — GILL 9 



measured (in mm): wing 436; tail 191; culmen 114; tarsus 75; middle 

 toe 109. The stomach of this specimen contained the remains of 

 a fish and a sponge. 



Phoebetria fusca Sooty Albatross 



Common in subantarctic waters below 34°32' S on Apr. 3-10, being 

 most abundant near Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands on Apr. 7-8 

 (see table 2) . Many buff-headed immatures were seen. 



Twelve specimens were obtained, five at sea at 40°04' S, 75°00' E, 

 on Apr. 4 and seven off the coast of Amsterdam Island on Apr. 8. 

 The soft part colors of these specimens were recorded as follows: 

 irides brown; feet flesh-color; bill black with yellowish stripe (dull 

 white in immatures) on lower mandible. The weights (in grams) of 

 seven specimens were as follows: 3 males 2600, 2650, 2545; 3 females 

 2930, 2390, 2370; immature (sex unknown) 2440. The gonads of 

 adults were slightly enlarged, ovaries averaging 19 x 9 mm, testes 

 11x6 mm. Three skinned specimens, two adult males and an im- 

 mature, measured (in mm): wing 496, 496, 483; tail 243, 266, 245; 

 culmen 116, 113, 106; tarsus 87, 84, 82. Of seven stomachs examined, 

 three contained fish remains, two contained large cephalopod beaks, 

 one contained 13 cephalopod beaks, several large shrimp, and the 

 remains of a fish, and one stomach was empty. 



Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 



One dark albatross with a light back seen at 43°31' S, 75°27 / E, on 

 Apr. 6 may have been this species. 



Macronectes giganteus Giant Petrel 



Only two individuals, both dark phase, were seen, one at 42°23' S, 

 74°56' E, on Apr. 5 and the other just off the coast of Amsterdam 

 Island on Apr. 8. 



Daption eapense Cape Pigeon 



I saw only one Cape pigeon briefly at 34°53' S, 69°37 / E, on Apr. 2. 



Pachyptila species Prion 



Prions, of undetermined species, were fairly common in the waters 

 near St. Paul Island on Apr. 7 and south to 43°31' S on Apr. 4 to 7 

 (see table 3). 



A single Pachyptila desolata came aboard the Anton Bruun on Apr. 8 

 when we were about 20 miles west of Amsterdam Island. It was a 

 female with a small ovary and weighed 121.6 grams. The bill and 

 feet were light blue, the irides brown. It measured as follows (in mm) : 

 wing 187; tail 96; culmen 26; width bill at base 13; tarsus 34; middle 

 toe 34. The stomach contained several small white pebbles, very 

 likely floating pumice. 



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