CEMEHCTBO DlOMEDEIDAE. 855 



IIjiaBaeT'B aJitâaTpoct xopoino h hochtch no BoaHaMt KaKt 

 npodica — TyTi. oht. onaTb Bt CBoen CTnxin. Ph. nigripes Bar- 



RETT-HaMILTON *) rOBOpHTt, ^TO OHt SepHCHTCH Ha BOJTE BHCOKO n 



jierKO B3JreTaerB, ecan tojibko ne cjmmKOM'b HacHineHi. Totb ace 

 aBTopi> coo6rn;aeTi>, ito no KpaiiHeu: M'Êp'B stotb bh^-b HM'ÉeT'B 

 saM-EHaTejiBHyio cnocoÔHOCTb ôyKBa.itHO xojuitb no BOffS; Kor^a 

 nTnna onycKaeTCH Ha noBepxHOCTt OKeaHa, nepBHMn icacaioTCfl 

 boah ea BHTflHyTua Horn; ecjin 0Ha no^eMy-.Tinôo HejiOBO.ibHa 

 n36paHHHMt eio mbctomb, OHa He jieTnTT., a nepeMBinaeTCfl no 

 bojtb et pacnymeBHHMn, ho Heno,n,Bir,KHHMH KpbiJibSMH, Ha He- 

 ôojibmoe pa3CT0jmie Jinmb npn nonomn hotb. Hutton 2 ) OTpn- 

 naeTt aTy cnocoÔHOCTb y D. exulans hjih, B"BpH'Be, y D. chiono- 

 ptera n Ha3HBaeT r b nofloÔHHe pa3CKa3Bi bbimbicjiomi,, nynreHHbiM'b 

 b"b oopaineHie KannTaHOirb WEDDELL'eM'B. AjibôaTpocH He hli- 

 pHroTij, eïï njiaBaa, hh et HajieTa. D. exulans njin ero ÔJiHxcan- 

 nraxt copojumax-B Hutton 2 ) ronopuTb — ,.I hâve never seen this 

 bird dive", ho o Th. mélanophrys oh-b nnineT-b: „It dives sonieti- 

 nies, but does not appear to like doing so, generally preferring, 

 when any thing good to eat is under water, to let a „Night- 

 Hawk" fish it up; then giving chase, and rnnning along the top 

 ■of the water, croaking, and with outstreched wings, it compels 

 him to drop it, and then seizes it before it sinks again"; noBn- 

 ^QMOMy Bce CKa3aHHoe bt> stou niiTaTB — Hesopa3yM'BHie. 



Pa3jraqHbie bh^h ajiBÔaTpocoB-b xo^itt. hjih, BÏpn'ie, ;d;bh- 

 raroTca no sénat pa3JimH0. KpuTiiKya Bbipa>KeHie Earle'h 3 ), ito 

 oh-b BnjrBJit ajibôaTpocon-b „stalking about" (npoxaacnBaiomn- 

 Mhcs) y CBonx-b nTeHuoBt B'b Mat Mtcsnt, Hdtton 2 ) saM-feiaerB 

 ; ,but as D. exulans can only just manage to get along on land by 

 the help of its wings in a most awkward and ridiculous manner, 

 which no one would think of dignifying by the term „stalking :i , 

 I am of opinion that he mistook D. mélanophrys for this bird". 

 Cji'ÉsoBaTejiBHO cjiobo stalking, xo^eme, npuMtHHMO no ero mh-b- 

 niio pa3Bt Kt Thalassarche mélanophrys. Ct apyrofl cTopoHbi 

 Hall 4 ) nnnierb o D. chionoptera: „Albatrosses may be ungainly 

 on a ship's deck, but they are veiy majestic in their nesting- 



1) Ibis, 1903, p. 322. 



2) Ibis, 1865, pp. 282, 283, 281. 



3} Narrative of Nine Months' Résidence in the Island of Tristan d'Acunlia, 

 i) Ibis, 19C0, p. 14. 



