AVES DIOMEDEID^E. 165 



first saw these curious little Petrels the day before we reached the 

 Straits of Magellan. I watched them all the afternoon rising under our 

 bows, flying for a short distance with a feeble fluttering flight, and then 

 diving again suddenly into the water. They were abundant all through 

 the Straits and Smythe's Channel, but were not easy to shoot, as they 

 dived at the flash of a gun. The stomach of this species is very large 

 and soft, and is apparently little more than an enlargement of the pro- 

 ventriculus, having no visible muscular system : those examined were 

 filled with fishes." (M. J. Nicoll, Orn. Jour. Voy. round World, Ibis, 

 Jan. 1904, p. 47.) 



"On Jan. 27th, a few hours before we arrived at the entrance of the 

 Magellan Straits, I saw a number of Diving Petrels [Pelecauoides urina- 

 trix) and a Penguin. (M. J. Nicoll, Orn. Jour. Voy. round World, Ibis, 

 Jan. 1904, p. 47.) 



Family Diomedeidte. 



Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 440 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List 

 Bds. I. p. 128 (1899). 



Genus DIOMEDEA Linnaeus. 



Type. 



Dioutedea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 214 (1766); Bp. 

 Consp. Av. II. p. 184 (1855); Coues, Proc. Acad. 

 Sci. Philad. 1866, p. 175; Forbes, Voy. "Chall." 

 Zool. IV. pt. xi. p. 42, etc. (1882). 



Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. p. 440 (1896); Sharpe, Hand- 

 List Bds. I. p. 128 (1899) D. exidans. 



PJioebastria, Reichenb. Natiirl. Syst. Vog. p. v. (1852) D. albatrus. 



Thalassarche, Reichenb. Natiirl. Syst. Vog. p. v. (1852) D. melimophrys. 



Geographical Range. — The Southern Oceans, and the North Pacific 

 Ocean. 



DiOMEDEA EXULANS Liunaeus. 



The Man of War Bird, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. III. p. 76, pi. 81 (1740). 

 Diomedea exitlans, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 132 (1758); King, Zool. Journ. 

 IV. p. 195 (1829: Straits of Magellan); Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. 



