454 



DIOMEDEIDJC. 



230 (1830) ; id. Man. N. Am. Birch, p. og (1887) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 548 ; id. Vmf 'Chall.,' Zool. iv. pt. xi. p. 42 (1882) ; Scdv. 



Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 632 ( 1882) : Baird, Brew., Sf Ridgiv. Wuter- 



Birds N. Am. ii. p. 359 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. .4wi. Birds, 



p. 98 (1886); Lucas, Atik, iv. ^. 3 {1887) ; Bidler, Tr. N. Zeal. 



Inst. XXV. p. 76 (1893). 

 Diomedea fuliginosa, var cornicoides, Hutton, Ibis, 1867, pp. 186, 



192. 

 Diomedea antarctica, Solander MS., cf. Salv. in Sowley's Orn. Misc. 



i. p. 237 (1876). 



Adult. Plumage generally soot}', a little paler on the interscapular 

 area and on the under surface, a white ring (broken in front) round 

 the eye : bill black, the groove on the mandible in life orange ; feet 

 dark hazel. Total length about 36 inches, wing 19*5 ; tail, central 

 rectrices IQ-o, lateral rectrices 7 ; bill 4"5, tarsus 3, middle toe 4*5, 

 outer toe a trifle shorter, inner toe 3"8. 



Hah. Southern Oceans. 



Individuals with a much greyer abdomen and back are not 

 uncommon mingled with the ordinaiy form. Capt. Hutton has 

 named them Diomedea fuUginosa var. cornicoides. If these birds 

 can be traced to a definite breeding-place where they alone are 

 found, it would be well to assign them specific rank. 



a. Ad. sk. S. Indian Ocean, lat. 37° 39' 



S., long. 29° 18' E., Oct. 10. 



b. c? ad. sk. S. Indian Ocean, lat. 38° S., 



long. 30° E., April 15, 1847 

 {J. Mncyillivray). 



c. Ad. sk. South Seas. 



d. Ad. St. South Seas. 



e. Ad. sk. South Seas. 



/. Ad. sk. Christmas Harbour, Kergue- 



len Land, May 25, 1840. 



g. 2 ad. sk. Royal Sound, Kerguelen 



Land. 



h. Ad. sk. Kerguelen Land. 



i. (S ad. sk. Ice Barrier, Feb. 10, 1874. 



j. Ad. St. Coast of Australia. 



A-. Ad. St. Coast of A ustralia. 



/. Ad. sk. Coast of S. Australia. 



m, n. Ad. sk. Coast of S. Australia, 



o. Ad. sk. New Zealand. 



p. Ad. sk. Antipodes I. {Sir P. A. Buck- 

 ley), 



q. Ad. sk. South Pacific Ocean. 

 r-v. 5 skulls. 



Earl of Crawford and 

 Balcarres [P.]. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



Antarctic Exped. 



Purchased. 



J. C. Sturgeon, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. R. McCormick [P.]. 



Capt. Inglis. 



Chal- 



• Chal- 



Voy. H.M.S. 



lenger.' 

 Voy. H.M.S. 



lencfer.' 

 Old Coll. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Countess of Galloway 



[P.]. 

 Hume CoU. 



