from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 557 



a. <$ adult. Adam I., Auckland Is., 7th January, 1901. 



Banks's Petrel has the iris dark brown, the bill blue, the 

 ridge of culmen and nostril black, the legs and feet blue. 

 It breeds on the Auckland Islands (F. W. Hut ton). 



27. Prion desolatus (Gmel.). 



Prion desolatus Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 434 

 (1896). 



Prion turtar (Kuhl) ; Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. 

 Venus, Miss, de Pile Campbell, iii. pt. ii. p. 55 (1885) ; 

 Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. p. 209 (1888). 



The Dove-Petrel breeds on Antipodes Islaud (F. W. Hut ton). 



28. DlOMEDEA EXULANS Lillll. 



Diomedea exulans Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. Venus, 

 Miss, de Pile Campbell, iii. pt. ii. p. 41 (1885); Buller, 

 B. New Zeal. ii. p. 189, pi. (upp. fig.) (1888) ; Salvin, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 441 (1896). 



Capt. F. W. Hutton writes : — " Capt. Bollons informs me 

 that the Wandering Albatros commences to breed on Adam 

 Island, Auckland Group, in the first week in January; Avhile 

 on the Antipodes the breeding-season does not begin until 

 the middle of January. The eyelids in the adult are pale 

 purple. The young of the second year have the plumage 

 chocolate-brown (except the forehead, sides of the head, and 

 upper part of the throat, which are white). In the third 

 year the plumage gradually becomes white — first on the 

 ahdomen, next on the back, then on the neck, and, lastly, 

 on the top of the head. Possibly the Antipodes birds never 

 become white on the crown, as they are found breeding with 

 the top of the head still covered with dark feathers." 



29. DlOMEDEA REGIA Buller. 



Diomedea exulans Buller (nee Linn.), B. New Zeal. ii. 

 p. 189, pi. (lower fig.) (1888). 



Diomedea regia Buller, Trans. New Zeal. Inst, xxiii. p. 230 

 (1891) i Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 443 (1896). 



According to Capt. Hutton, " the Boyal Albatros breeds 

 on Campbell Island and on the east end of Adam Island, 

 Auckland Group, but is no longer found on Enderby Island. 



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