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Egg.—White, spotted with pale grey ; length, 1:35 ; breadth, °9. 
Both Islands, Australia, Tasmania. 
HyprocHELipon. Bore. 
TAIL, emarginate ; toes, united only at the base, the web continuing along 
the inner margin of each toe ; hind toe, moderate. 
116. HYDROCHELIDON LEUCOPTERA. Temm. C.M. 
White-winged Tern. 
Heap, neck, breast, and abdomen, deep black ; back, greyish black ; tail, 
white ; quills, silver grey, darker on the inner webs ; bill, reddish black ; 
legs and feet, red. 
Peer aW ores be be, 7o5 Tak 31d, 
Wairan Valley (D. Monro), Europe, Australia. 
Anous. Leach. 
Frontau feathers not reaching the nostrils; tail, long, strongly emar- 
ginate ; toes, fully webbed ; hind toe, long and slender. 
Tropical seas. 
117. ANOUS STOLIDUS. L. 
Noddy. 
Brown, with a grey head. 
Heelan WV .glOis Ms Ose dL 
Most parts of the world. I have seen no specimens. 
PROCELLARIDAL. PETRELS. 
Bill, hooked at the tip ; nostrils, in tubes. 
DiomepEA. L. 
Brut, long, nasal tubes disjoined, lateral ; wings, long and narrow ; hind 
toe, absent. 
Colder parts of both hemispheres. 
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118. DIOMEDEA EXULANS. L. 
Albatross. Toroa. 
Wuits, with the back generally more or less pencilled with black ; 
quills, dark brown. 
Young.—Chocolate brown, with a white face. 
MAS WV errs Bs, 7 5: Wes 4D. 
Egg.—White ; length, 5; breadth, 3°25. 
Southern Ocean, below 30° §, 
