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Voice harsh, somewhat resembling the braying of an ass. 

 Flesh tough, badly tasted, hardly palatable even to starving 

 men. Eggs eatable. 



Spread throughout both hemispheres, but especially the 

 southern. Formed of but four well ascertained species, 

 only one of which is seen on the Atlantic. Remarkably allied 

 to the larger species of the genus Lams. 



314. Diomedea exulans, L. Whitish ; back and wings linea- 

 ted with black ; quills black, shafts yellow ; tail plumbeous, 

 rounded. 



Young dusky ; head, wings and tail, blackish ; round the 

 eye white. 



Albatros of Wilson's list. Wandering Albatros, Lath. ad. 

 Sooty, or Broivn Albatros, Lath, young. Buff. pi. enl. 237. 



Inhabits the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans : rare and acci- 

 dental on the coasts of the middle states: common at the 

 Cape of Good Hope and in South America. 



FAMILY XXV. LAMELLOSODENTATI. 



Lamellosodentati, 111. Serrirostres, Dumeril. Lamelliros- 

 tres, Cuv. Latr. Anseridce, Goldfuss. Dermorhynchi, Vieill. 

 Ranz. Anates, Oken. Cygni, Anseres, Anates, Mergi, Boie. 

 Colymbini alati, Blainville. Anatidce, Leach Vigors. 



Bill moderate, stout, straight, covered with a soft mem- 

 branous skin, rounded above, depressed, rounded and obtuse 

 at the point, unguiculated at tip, margins denticulated ; 

 nostrils distinct, a little distant from the base, superficial, 

 oblong, half closed by a fiat membrane ; tongue thick, fleshy. 

 Head small; neck various: body plump. Feet 4-toed, 

 nearly central, drawn up into the belly, turned outward, 

 short ; tibia almost entirely feathered ; tarsus short ; toes dis- 

 posed 3 — 1, anterior palmated ; webs full, entire; hind toe 

 free, short, nails curved, compressed, acute. Wings mode- 

 rate, acute ; quills strong, stiff; first primary subequal to the 



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