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neck pure white, the back of the neck gradually changing into 

 greyish-black on the lower back ; a dark greyish-black line goes 

 from the upper part of the bill to the eye and thence continued 

 as a much paler broad patch below and behind the eye, running 

 down the side of the neck for from 4 to 5 inches and practically 

 meeting at the back of the crown and forming a conspicuous 

 white cap. In the female the delicate grey colour on the side of 

 the head is much paler and fades away to within a short distance 

 of the eye and does not meet at the back. The rump and upper 

 and lower tail coverts white, the centre under tail coverts slightly 

 tinged with grey ; the tail is grey and lighter below, with the 

 outer webs paler; the shafts are white; the upper wing coverts 

 are greyish-black, like in the other species ; the primaries are 

 grey on the outer web and white on the inner, the white changing 

 into grey towards the tip ; the shafts are white above and dark 

 below ; the under surface of the body and the under wing coverts 

 are white; the beak is greyish horn colour, darker below, and 

 the point horn colour. Total length 40, culmen 6, wing 22, tail 

 9, tarsus 3.25 inches. 



"The specimens of this bird mentioned as having been obtained 

 at Bounty Island are probably accidental visitors there, as the 

 home of these birds is evidently Albatross Island, near Tasmania. 

 There is very little difference between the male and female, and 

 we could not tell them apart ; in the photographs I took of tliese 

 birds on their nests, as mentioned by Mr. Rothschild, both the 

 male and female appear, as they take turn about in sitting. The 

 assumption is that every island has its peculiar Albatross, 

 although two kinds are sometimes found on one large island, 

 but they nest at different times." 



The reviewers venture to take exception to only one state- 

 ment in this masterly and completed " Supplement "—namely, 

 regarding CEstrelata phillipsi (Phillips Petrel), in vol. i., page 

 119, the author states: — "It is doubtless of this species that 

 a newspaper correspondent gives the following interesting 

 account" : — 



" In countless thousands they reach tlieir breeding ground in Phillip 

 Island and the neighbourhood, on the eastern coast-line of Victoria, within 

 a few hours of the same date every year. Some idea of the gregariousness 

 of these birds is given by Capt. Waller, of the Wesiralia. He states that on 

 one occasion, while on the journey between New Zealand and Australia, he 

 steamed for 30 miles through solid flights of Mutton-Birds extending to a 

 distance of three or four miles on each side of the vessel. Occasionally 

 they settled on the water, and when they did that they covered the surface 

 and looked like a reef of black rocks. They were on their way to the 

 Victorian coast, to occupy their nests on the land." 



The remarks refer undoubtedly to Puffinus tcmiirostris 

 (Mutton-Bird or Bonaparte Shearwater), and should come under 

 that species on page 104. 



Among the new records, mostly accidental, to the list of 



