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at first clothed in a pure white down, which gives place to the dark brown colouring 

 mentioned above." 



2. The Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea hrachyrira). — "The adults of both sexes 

 have the general plumage white, washed with buff on the head and neck; the edge 

 and centre of the wing white, the remainder and the tips of the tail dark brown; bill 

 pinky flesh-colour ; irides brown ; legs and feet bluish white ; eyelash greenish white. 

 The young differ in being of a uniform chocolate-brown." 



3. The Cautious Albatross [Diomcdcd eaufa).- — " The beautiful grey on the sides of 

 the mandibles, the delicate pale yellow of the culmen, and the yellow mark at the base 

 of the lower mandible will at all times distinguish this bird from the other members 

 of the genus. Crown of the head, back of the neck, throat, all the upper surface, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts pure white ; lores and line over the eye greyish black, gradually 

 passing into the delicate pearl-grey which extends over the face ; back, wings, and tail 

 greyish brown ; irides dark vinous-orange ; bill light vinous-grey, or bluish horn-colour, 

 except on the culmen, where it is more yellow, particularly at the base ; the upper 

 mandible surrounded at the base by a narrow belt of black, which also extends on 

 each side of the culmen to the nostrils ; base of the lower mandible surrounded by a 

 belt of rich orange, which extends to the corners of the mouth ; feet bluish white ; 

 irides brown. When fully adult the sexes differ but little in colour ; the female may, 

 however, at all times be distinguished by her diminutive size, and the young by the 

 bill being dark grey." 



4. The Culminated Albatross {Diomedea citlnunata). — "Back, wings, and tail dark 

 greyish black, the latter with white shafts ; head and neck white, washed with greyish 

 black ; round the eye a mark of greyish black, interrupted by a streak of white 

 immediately below the lower part of the lid ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and all the under 

 surface pure white ; bill black ; the culmen horn-colour ; and the edge of the basal 

 three-fourths of the edge of the upper mandible orange. In the youthful state the head 

 and neck are dark grey, and the bill is of an uniform brownish black, with only an 

 indication of the lighter colour of the culmen." 



5. The Yellow-billed Albatross {Diomedea ehlororhyuchos). — " Spot before a line above 

 the eye washed with grey ; head, neck, all the under surface, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and under surface of the wing snow-white ; back and wings brownish black ; tail brownish 

 slate-colour, with white shafts ; culmen from near the base to the point bright orange- 

 yellow ; remainder of the bill black ; irides greyish brown ; feet bluish white." 



6. The Black-eyebrowed Albatross {Diomedea melanophnjs). — "Head, back of the neck, 

 all the imder surface, and the upper tail-coverts pure white ; before, above and behind 

 the eye a streak of blackish grey ; wings dark brown ; centre of the back slaty black, 

 into which the white of the back of the neck gradually passes; tail dark grey, with 

 white shafts ; bill huffy yellow, with a narrow line of black roimd the base ; legs and 

 toes yellowish white, the interdigital membrane and the joints washed with pale blue ; 

 irides very pale brown, freckled with a darker tint." 



