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dering Albatross. The back is uniformly black, and a 

 black mark extends across each eye, the rest of the 

 plumage being white. The beak is yellow; the legs 

 white. 



The third species, D. Fuliyinosa, Pio or Quaker- 

 bird, is as large as the preceding, but of a more slender 

 form. Its entire plumage is sooty-black, with the ex- 

 ception of a narrow zone of short white feathers en- 

 circling each eye. The beak is black, with a narrow 

 white line on the margin of the upper mandible. The 

 legs are white. A peculiarity in the form of the tail of 

 this bird, has obtained for it, amongst sailors, the 

 name of Cape Hen. The lowest latitudes in which 

 we noticed the Pio, were 42 S. and 2S<> N. The 

 habits and habitat of these species are for the most 

 part the same. 



The kind I have more particularly to mention, dif- 

 fers from all the above ; and it will be seen how far it is 

 entitled to be considered a new species, or as a variety, 

 dependent upon youth. Its size is that of the Molly- 

 maux, which bird it also resembles in habits and flight. 

 The form of its beak and legs is that which obtains in 

 the Albatross family generally. The prevailing hue of 

 the plumage is dull-brown, shaded lighter on the crown 

 of the head, (which in some examples is nearly white,) 

 and darker across the eyes, over the neck, and on the 

 wing-coverts. Beak light-brown. Legs black. 



The species was first seen by us on the eastern side 

 of Cape Horn, from lat. 40 to 49<> S. We did not 

 again notice any examples until in the Pacific Ocean, 

 in lat. 4Qo N., where they were exceedingly numerous. 

 During a subsequent cruise on the same ocean, in the 

 month of June, we had several of these birds about the 

 ship in lat. 27 N., but this was regarded as extraor- 



