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Young Albatross, Swimming. 



CHARLES BARRETT, 



a distinct pink mark on the side of the neck near the nape. 

 Although this was more commonly seen on the white-winged 

 forms, several dark-winged birds were seen with_ this mark, 

 though it was, as a rule, fainter in these birds. On the other hand, 

 several specimens with a large amount of white on the wings were 

 noted in which no trace of the pink coloration could be seen. 

 Mr. Mathews states, under D. e. rothschildi : — " In life these birds 

 have, on each side of the nape, a roseate-pink patch, which fades 

 away entirely after death." I have no recollection of ever having 

 seen such a mark on an East Australian bird, and have no note 

 of its occurrence. On the return voyage, however, a bird was 

 seen with evidences of a pink mark when east of Albany. Seeing 

 that D. exulans is extremely common in the Great Australian 

 Bight and Southern Australian seas, it would be of interest to 

 know to what sub-species these birds belonged ; probably, however, 

 these waters form the minghng ground of the two races. 



To D. exulans exulans I am probably correct in referring the 



