452 DIOMEDEID^. 



Gould, Birds Aiistr. vii. pi. 42 (1844) ; id. Handb. Birds Ausfr. ii. 

 p. 437 (1860); Gray, List Anseres Brit. Mus. p. 166 (1844) ; id. 

 Hnnd-l. iii. p. 109" (1871); Reich. Av. Syst., Kofafores, pi. 2r.. 

 fiy. 347, pi. 28. figs. 794-5 (1850) ; Kfa>rh. Orn. Dan. pi. 7. f. 4 

 (1851) ; Brehvi, Nauin. 1855, p. 295 ; Bj). Consp. Av. ii. p. 185 

 (1855) ; id. Compt. Bend. xlii. p. 768 (1856) ; Lai/ard, Ibis, 1862, 

 pp. 97, 254, 18G9, p. 377 ; id. Birds S. Afr. p. 364 (1867) : Schl. 

 Mus. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 35 (1863) ; D. Walker, P. Z. S. 1863, 

 pp. 378, 379 ; Bree, Birds Bur. iv. p. 123 (1863) ; Verr. in Vinson's 

 Voy. Madag., Annexe B, p. 4 (1865) ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, 

 pp. 184, 188 ; Degl. ^- Gerbe, Orn. Eur.n. p. 368 (1867) ; Pollen ^ 

 Van Dam, Faun. Madag. ii. p. 145 (1868) ; Pelz. Beise Novara, Zool. 

 i. Viig. p. 149 ( 1 869) ; FAliot, Birds N. Am. ii. pi. 58 (1867) ; Hnsch, 

 J. f. Orn. 1870, p. 375 ; Button, Cat. Birds N. Zeal. p. 44 (1871) ; 

 Buller, Birds N. Zeal. p. 294 (1873) ; id. op. cit. ed. 2, ii. p. 202 

 (1888); Cab. ^- Reichenoiv, J. f. Orn. 1876, p. 328; Salvin in 

 Roivley's Orn. Misc. i. p. 238 (187G) ; JIartl. Vog. Madag. p. 378 

 (1877); Saund. P. Z.S. 1880, p. 165; Milne-Edw. ^ Grand. Hi.ot. 

 Madag., Ois. p. 608 (1881); Skarpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Afr. 

 p. 772 (1884) ; Finsck, Ibis,' IS88, p. 309. 



Diomedea chrysostoma, Forst. Descr. A^iim. p. 24 (1844). 



Diomedea olivaceorhyncha, Gould, Ann. S)- Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 361 

 (184^) ; Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 650 (1844). 



Diomedea olivaceirostris, Bp. Consp). Av. ii. p. 185 (1855); Coues, 

 Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, pp. 186, 188. 



Diomedea profuga, Solander, MS. ; Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 109 (1871) ; 

 Salv. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. i. p. 238 (1876). 



Thalassarche clilororliyncluis, Gigl. Faun. Vert. Oceana, p. 59 

 (1870) ; id. Viagg. ' Magenta^ pp. 106. 725 (1875). 



Thalassogeron chlororLynclius, Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 53 

 (1887). 



Adult. Upper surface dark sooty-brown, the wings and scapulars 

 a little darker, the middle of the back tinged with grey ; rump and 

 whole under surface white ; the head and neck white slightly tinged 

 with grey ; an indistinct dark grey mark in front of the eye ; tail 

 dark grey, the shafts white, outer rectrix white next the shaft : 

 bill black, culmen yellow, passing into blood-orauge at the tip, base 

 of the mandible yellow, the tip also slightly yellow ; legs flesh- 

 colour. Total length about 33 inches, wing 18-8, tail 77, bill 5-2, 

 tarsus 3-1, middle toe 4-2, outer toe 4, inner toe 3-55. 



Hah. Southern Oceans. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Soiithern Indian Ocean, lat. Earl of Crawford and 



34° 25' S., Sept. 14, and Balcarres [P.]. 



lat. 29° 45' S., long. 57° 39' 



E., Oct. 24. 

 e. (J ad. St. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattle- 



23° 47' S., long. 5° 10' W. snake.' 



{J. Macgillivray). 

 f-h. Skulls. 



