384 



THE ALBATROSS. 



Length of the body, from base of bill to extra 

 mity of tail ..... 



Length of the bill .... 



Depth of the base of the bill . 



Length of the tail .... 



Length of ditto, exserted from the feathers of 

 the urupigum ..... 



Length of the thigh .... 



Length of the tarsus .... 



Length of the middle phalanges 



Breadth of wings expanded 



Breadth between the wings from the 1st joint 



Length of the 1st joint of the wing 



Length of the 2nd joint 



Length of the Srd joint 



Length of the 4th, or penfeathers * 



Length of the inner angle of the eye to the base 

 of the beak .... 



4 

 4 



31 

 4 



10| 



4 



1 3 



Li 



The structAire of the mandible is much thinner 

 in this than in the large white species, and the 

 nostrils are not so elevated and twisted. 



The dissection exhibited the following appear- 

 ances. The pleura and peritoneum were found 

 inflated ; the abdominal viscera, except the liver, 

 were seen behind the latter ; liver large ; right 

 lobe longer and larger than the left ; gall-blad- 

 der two and one-eighth inches in length, narrow, 



* The wing has four joints, of which the second is the 

 longest. 



