'2. THALASSOGEUON. 451 



4. Thalassogeron culminatus. 



Diomedea cliLirorlivuehos (tiec Gni.), Andtib. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 326 



(Ls;5U) ; id. lilnh' Am. 8vo ed. vii. p. 196 (1844) ; Lawr. Birds A. 



A)H. p. 8-2-2 (18()0). 

 Diomedea culminata, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 361 (1844) ; 



id. Birds Austr. vii. pi. 41 (1848) ; id. Ilandh. Birds Ausir. ii. 



p. 436 (1865) ; Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 6.W, pi. 179 (1844) ; id. 



Hand-l. iii. p. 109" (1871); Peale, U.^. E.vpl. Exp. viii. p. 3:i7 



(1848); Reich. A v. Si/st., Katatores, pi. 28. fig. 796 (18.50); 



Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 185 (1855); id. Vompt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 



(1856) ; ^c/(/. Miis. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 35 (1863) ; Coues, Br. Ac. 



Phil. 1866, pp. 18.}, 188 ; Laijnrd, Birds S. Afr. p. 364 (1867) ; 



Button, Cat. Birds N. Zeal. p. 44 (1871) ; Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. 



Wien, 1872, p. 270 ; Cab. ^- Reich. J. f. Orn. 1876, p. 328 ; Moselei/, 



Nutes Nat. ' CkalV -p^^. 129, 183 (1879) ; Sharjx, Phil. 1 runs, clxviii. 



p. 147 (1879) ; id. ed. Lagard's Birds S. Afr. p. 773 (1884) ; Salv. Voy. 



' ChalW Zool. ii. pt. viii. p. 149 (1881) : Ridc/w. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. 



iii. p. 230 (]8-(l) ; A. 0. U. Check-l. N. Am. Birds, p. 98 (1886) ; 



Lucas, Auk, iv. p. 3 (1887) ; Buller, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. xxiv. 



p. 68(1892). 

 Tlialassai'clie culminata, Gii/l. Faun. Vert. Oceana, p. 59 (1870) ; id. 



Viang. ' Ma</en/n,' pp. 841, 842 (1875). 

 Thalassogeron culminatus, Baird, Brew., ^- Ridgw. Water-Birds N. 



Am. ii. p. 358 (1884) ; Ridgio. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 52 (1887) ; 



Chamberl. Auk, v. p. 107 (1888) ; Comeau, Auk, v. p. 318 (188S). 



Adult. Upper surface dark sooty brown, paler on the inter- 

 scapular area ; rump and under surface wiiite ; head and neck 

 whitish grej', a dark patch in front of and above the eye : tail dark 

 greyish brown, the shafts white : bill blackish horn-colour, the 

 culmen paler and yellowish, the tip whitish, ventral edge of the 

 mandible yellowish : legs yellow. Total length about ;}6 inches, 

 wing 20, tail 7'7, bill 5-2, tarsus 3-25, middle toe 4"9, outer toe 

 4'7, inner toe 4*1. 



Hah. Southern Oceans, ranging to the Pacific coasts of Central 

 America. 



Hume Coll. 

 Old Collection. 

 Antarctic Exped. 

 J. C. Sturgeon, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 T. Bridges [C.]. 



5. Thalassogeron cMororhynchus. 



Yellow-nosed Albatrns, Lath. Gen. Si/n. iii. pt. 2, p. 309, pi. 94 

 (1785) ; id. Gen. Hist. Birds, x. p. 52, pi. 169 (1824). 



Diomedea clilororlivnchos, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 568 (1788) ; Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. ii. p. 790 (1790) ; j'ieiU. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 287 

 (1816) ; Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 262 (1826) ; Tcmm. PL 

 Col. 468 (1829); Schiiiz, Nutiirg. Viig. p. 395, pi. 135 (1832J; 



