108 EDWARD A. WILSON. 



as I know, indistinguishable on the wing, but the third, P. garnoti, of Western South 

 America, is considerably larger than either of 'them. Probably the bird we saw in the 

 open ocean was Pelecanoides exsul, and that in the Magellan Straits, P. urinatrix. 



Pelecanoides exsul has been known to breed in Kerguelen Island, where the eggs 

 were found on and after October 31st. Their burrows are said by Mr. Eaton to be as 

 small as. the holes of the Sand Martin (Cotyle riparia); they are made in dry banks 

 and terminate in an enlarged chamber with no specially constructed nest. 



DIOMEDEA EXULANS. 



The Wandering Albatross. 



Diomedea exulans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. (1766), p. 214 ; Sharpe, Eep. 'Southern Cross' Coll. (1002), p. 100, 

 ibique citato, ; Eagle Clarke, Birds of S. Orkney Islands, Ibis, Jan., 1906, p. 177. 



MATERIAL IN THE 'DISCOVERY'S' COLLECTION. 

 No. 124, ad. sk., <J. Sept. 22, 1901. At sea, 35 10' S. 13 40' W. 



The colouring of the soft parts is as follows : , 



Bill, whitish with a faint pink blush ; the tip of both upper and lower bills being 



yellowish. 

 Iris, dark brown. 



Eyelids, both upper and lower bright scarlet. 

 Legs and toes, greyish white. 



Webs, pale greyish-white ; when viewed by transmitted light, flesh pink. 

 Claws, whitish. 



DIOMEDEA EXULANS, the Wandering Albatross, was first seen on September 18th, 1901 

 (31 S. 22 W.), an immature specimen in the brown plumage. From September 19th 

 to the 23rd, several immature birds were seen. An immature specimen was seen again 

 on September 19th, having a dark brown cap, upper parts brown, and a dusky collar 

 round the neck. The same brown immature phase appeared again on September 20th, 

 two or three together, and also an adult for the first time. On September 22nd 

 an adult male was caught on a tin triangle ; total length, 42 inches. The two first 

 primaries on each side, new feathers, were just appearing from the sheath. In the 

 stomach was an undigested Eoman Catholic tract, with a portrait of Cardinal Vaughan. 



On September 23rd, one adult and several brown immature birds. 



September 27th to 30th, October 1st to 3rd, adult birds were seen, and on 

 September 29th again an immature specimen. 



The adult birds followed us close inland to Table Bay. 



October 17th, two days out from Simon's Bay, several adults and immature. 



October 18th to November llth, one or more adults each day, and immature 

 birds also. 



