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THE ALBATROSS. 



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I now proceed to describe this specimen, com- 

 mencing with the dimensions, which may be 

 regarded as the usual size of this species. This 

 bird is doubtless the, D . chlororynchus of Gmelin, 

 allowing the slight difference in the plumage to 

 be the result of age. Gmelin thus describes 

 it:— 



" D. alba, rostro nigro, carina mandibulae 

 superioris basique inferioris flava, capite grisco, 

 cenia, macula supra oculos caudaque obscuris, 

 dorso, alls maculaque inter rostrum et oculos 

 nigris. Irides fuscse ; nucha et uropygium alba; 

 pedes pallide ochroleuci, anterius cum mem- 

 brana digitos connectente obscuri." 



Length of the body from the tip of the bill to 



extremity of the tail 

 Length of the bill 

 Depth of the base of the bill 

 Length of the tail 

 Length of the tail, exserted from feathers of the 



urupigium 

 Length of the thigh 

 Length of the tarsus 

 Length of the middle phalanges 

 Breadth of wings expanded 

 Breadth between the wings from the first sea 



pular joint 

 Length of the first joint 

 Length of the second joint 



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