44 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
119. DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS. Boie. C.M. 
Molly-mawk. 
Wuite, with the back, wings, and tail, and a line through the eye, 
black ; bill, light yellow. 
Tip o4s W.,.20:; B.,.4°25 ; T:, 3:20. 
120. DIOMEDEA CHLORORHYNCHA. Gul. A.M. 
Like the last, but the bill is black, with the upper ridge bright yellow. 
tears nW.. 19 3 B. 4:55 Taos 
121. DIOMEDEA CULMINATA. Gould. Cy.M. 
Like the last, but the bill is yellow on both the upper and lower edges. 
Young.—Head and neck grey ; yellow on bill, obscure. 
L., 32; W., 20; B, 4:15; T., 3. 
122. DIOMEDEA FULIGINOSA. Gml. Cy.M. 
Cape Hen. 
BLACKISH brown, darkest on the face ; back and abdomen, grey, lightest 
on the shoulders ; tail, wedge shaped ; bill, black, with a blue line on 
the lower mandible ; feet, yellow. The young are entirely blackish 
brown. 
ieee W.,. 213. B., £05785. 
Egg.—White ; length, 4:2 ; breadth, 2-5 (Layard). 
OSSIFRAGA. 
NosTRILs, in a long tube on the top of the beak ; wings, rather short ; 
tail of sixteen feathers ; hind toe, reduced to a claw. 
123. OSSIFRAGRA GIGANTEA. Gml. A.M. 
Nelly. 
Brown, sometimes mottled with white ; bill, pale yellow ; legs and feet, 
brownish black. 
ene nie 20) 2) Bi 3710.31.35. 
FEgg.—Dirty white, rough ; length, 4°25 ; breadth, 2°7. (Layard). 
HALODROMA. 
Bix, shorter than the head ; nasal tubes, united on the top of the bill, 
opening vertically upwards ; wings, short ; no hind toe. 
