KORTH A ME RICA y BIRDS. 



culmen 4.50^.60, tarsus 3.05-3.3S, middle toe 3.90-4.32. Bab. 

 Southern seas, especially South Pacific, casual off coast of Cali- 

 fornia — . D. melanophrys Boie. Spectacled Albatross.' 



(f. Under wing-coverts uiiitnnn dark slaty or gray i^^li lirown. Similar 

 in plumage to D. mdanophry.'i, except under wing-coverts, which 

 are uniform dusky instead of partly white; bill olive-brownish, 

 the nails dusky ; wing 20.00, tail 9.00, culmen 5.00, depth of 

 bill at base 1.75, tarsus 3.00, middle toe (with claw) 4.75. Ifob. 

 (Unknown.) 



D. gilliana Coi7ES. Gill's Albatross.' 



c'. Lower parts jiartlj- grayish brown ; upper parts varied with duskj- and 

 while. 



Adult (?): Head and neck white, washed with j-ellow; belly 

 grayish brown, freckled with white ; upper back and rump 

 transversely varied with duslcj- and white. Jfab. Pacific coast 

 of South America (Callao Bay, Peru). 



D. irrorata Salvis. Speckled Albatross.' 



Gents THALASSOGERON Bidgw.\t. (Page 50, pi. XIV., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Co.MMON Cii.\R.\CTEES. — Adult : U]iper parts chiefly uniform dark brownish 

 slate, more plumbeous on back, especially anteriorly ; rump and upper tail-covorts 

 white ; tail grayish, the feathers w^ith yellowish white shafts ; lower parts white ; 

 head and neck sometimes white shaded with plumbeous on top of former and 

 hinder part of latter, sometimes entirely light ash-graj', alwa5-s with a darker space 

 immediately in front of and behind eye, with a white spot on lower eyelid. 



rt'. Culmen 4.50 or less ; wing 21.00, or less; bill blackish, with yellowish culmen. 



b\ Culmen continuing broad and flat to the extreme base, which is broad and 

 slightly rounded ; tarsus more than 3.00 ; lower mandible with a yellow- 

 ish stripe along lower edge, from base nearly to the nail; culmen pale 

 yellowish or greenish ; length about 35.00-37.00, wing 17.75-21.00, tail 

 8.00-9.00, culmen 4.35-4.50, depth of bill at base 1.70-1.75, tar.sus 3.25, 

 middle toe (without claw) 4.30-4.35. Egg 4.18 X 2.63. Jfab. Southern 

 oceans (except South Atlantic?), north, casually-, to coast of Oregon. 



83. T. culminatus (Gould). Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



t'. Culmen mtich compressed, narrowing to an acute angle at extreme base; 

 tarsus less than 3.00; lower mandible without yellow along lower edge, 



> Dinvicdrn mrlnnophri/n " BoiE," TuMM. PI. Col. No. 45G (1838). Gould, B. Austr. pi. 43. B. B. & R. 

 AVatcr B. N. Am. ii. 18S1, .157. 



' Diometicn gillinna Coi'ES, Proc. Ac. Nnt. Pci. Phil. May, 1860, 181. Type in mus. Philadelphia Academy 

 Natural Sciences. (Possibly young of D. mdnnnphryt.) 



» Dionmlcn irrorata Salvin, P. Z. S. 1883, 430. 



