96 



Total length, 42 in. ; wring, 25 in. ; Mil, from gape, 7 in. 

 Hal.. : 4, 5, (J, 9. 



696. If. alhatl'lls. Pall. (D. hrachvura. Temm.), Short-tailed Albatross. 



Bill eery strong; head buff; Interscapular region and middle of 

 book white. 

 Total length, M7 in. ; iring, 22 in. ; bill, from gape, 6 in. 

 Sab. : 1. 2. 



697. II. HK'lanoplirys. Temm., Black-browed Albatross. 



Interscapular region and middle of back slaty-black : 1 »ill of 

 yellow i>h horn colour. 



Total length, 30 in. ; wing, '20 in. ; tail, 7*3 in. ; bill, 5*2 in. 



Hal.. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



Gxnub— THALASSOGERON.— Sides of mandible without longitudinal 



furrow. Tail short, rounded. Base of culminicorn narrower than in 

 Diomedea, and divided by membrane from the latericorn. 



698. T. cantUS, GM. (D. eauta), White-capped Albatross. 



Bead and neck nearly pure white : hill generally pale, the sides 

 not black and the enlmen not distinctly yellow. 



Total length, 35 in. ; wing, 22 in. ; tail, i) in. ; bill, from gape, 6 

 in. ; tarsus, 3*7 in. 



Hah. : 3, 4. 5, 6, 9. 



699. T. Clllllliliatlis. Gld., Flat billed Albatross. 



Culmen in adult bright yellow; sides of bill black ; culminicorn 

 rounded posteriorly ; lower edge of mandible yellow. 



Total length, 36 in. ; wing, 20 in. ; tail, 7 '7 in. : bill, 5*2 in. ; 

 tarsus, .". 2 in. 



11 ah. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



7<>o. T. <*lilororliyii<*liiis, Gmelin, Yellow nosed Albati 



Culmen in adult bright yellow; sides of bill -black ; culminicorn 



pointed posteriorly ; base of mandible yellow, but not the lower edge. 

 Total length, 33 in. ; wing, 1SS in. ; tail, 7'7 in. . bill, 5*2 in ; 



tarsus, 3*1 in. 



Hah. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GKN1 - PHCEBETRIA. — Sides of mandible with deep longitudinal sulcus 

 (furrow) ; tail long, euneate, 



701, I*. fuliuino>a. Gmelin, Sooty Albatross. 



Plumage generally sooty ; a white ring (broken in front) round 

 eye ; bill black, the groove on the mandible m life orange. 



Total length, .'Hi in. ; wing, 19*0 in ; bill, 4*5 in. ; tail, centn 

 trices 10*5 in., lateral rectrices 7 7 in. 

 Bab. : -i, 5, 8. 9. 



ORDER PLATALE^. 



Posterior angle of mandible recurved; edge of cranium above the orbits 

 truncate, indicating the position of the nasal glands. Sternum with 

 four posterior notches, hfosals schizorhinal ; palate desn 



FAMILY— IBIDIDJ". 

 BUI much curved j nasal groove linear, and produced nearly to the tip of 



the hill. 



[BIS 1 1\ . u itli many hexagonal 



Webs of feathers of inner serondai; tmental. 



I. molurra, Cuvier (Threakiornis strid Gld.), White Ibis, 



serai appearance white; fore-neck plumed; primaries with ■ 

 broad tip of blue-black ; inner secondaries barred and mottled with 

 purplish black ; head and 



