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p. 47 (1868); Cunningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. pp. 225, 329 (1871); 

 Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 148 (1873: Straits of Magel- 

 lan); Vincig. Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. p. 799 (1884); Burm. An. 

 Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 248 (1888: Seas of Pata- 



FiG. 103. 



Diomedea exidans. Profile of head. From material in the British Museum. J< natural size. 



Fig. 104. 



gonia); Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 157, 332 (1891 : 



Straits of Magellan: Patagonia); James, New List Chilian B. p. 13 



(1892); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 441 



(1896: Valparaiso); Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 128 



(1899); Carbajal, La Patagonia, Part II. p. 277 (1900); 



Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 162 (1901); 



Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern Cross," Aves, 



p. 160 (1902); Vallentin, Mem. Manchester Soc. 48 



No. 23 p. 30 (1904: Falkland Islands). 



General description. 



Size. Aditlt Male. — Total length, about 42 inches. 

 Wing (carpal joint to longest primary), 25.5 inches. 

 Extent (from tip to tip of longest primary), 125 to 130 

 inches. 



Tail, 8.3 inches. 



Bill (from gape), 7.0 inches. 



Bill (from base of culmen), 6.7 inches. 



Tarsus, 4.8 inches. 



V 



Diomedea ex- 

 idans. Head 

 from above. 

 From material 

 in the British 

 Museum. y^ 

 natural size. 



